Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 74

And unto him the man Set forth his just complaint, To which the brute at first Made no reply beyond A most uncivil grunt And a croak, but he said at last In a loud, bellowing voice, Such as we sometimes hear At night from pond or pool: “Do as you choose, “Do as you choose, “Do as you choose!

Who acts: brute, mouth, we, you · What happens: make, say, bellow, hear, do, choose · To what, where: reply, last, pond · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brute, mouth, we, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 him	cc
2	unto	unto	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 him	conj
6	Set	Set	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 man	appos
7	forth	forth	ADV	_	10 complaint	advmod
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 complaint	nmod:poss
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 complaint	advmod
10	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Set	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 brute	punct
12	To	to	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 brute	obl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 brute	det
15	brute	brute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	conj
16	at	at	SCONJ	_	18 Made	mark
17	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 Made	advmod
18	Made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 brute	acl
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 reply	det
20	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 Made	obj
21	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	25 grunt	case
22	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 grunt	det
23	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	24 uncivil	advmod
24	uncivil	uncivil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 grunt	amod
25	grunt	grunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 reply	nmod
26	And	and	CCONJ	_	28 croak	cc
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 croak	det
28	croak	croak	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 grunt	conj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 said	punct
30	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 said	cc
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 said	nsubj
32	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 man	parataxis
33	at	at	ADP	_	34 last	case
34	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 said	obl
35	In	in	ADP	_	40 voice	case
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 voice	det
37	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 voice	amod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 bellowing	punct
39	bellowing	bellow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	40 voice	amod
40	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 said	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 hear	punct
42	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	46 hear	mark
43	as	as	ADP	_	42 Such	fixed
44	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 hear	nsubj
45	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	46 hear	advmod
46	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 voice	parataxis
47	At	at	ADP	_	48 night	case
48	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 hear	obl
49	from	from	ADP	_	50 pond	case
50	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 hear	obl
51	or	or	CCONJ	_	52 pool	cc
52	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 pond	conj
53	:	:	PUNCT	_	55 Do	punct
54	“	"	PUNCT	_	55 Do	punct
55	Do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 said	ccomp
56	as	as	SCONJ	_	58 choose	mark
57	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	58 choose	nsubj
58	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 Do	advcl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 Do	punct
60	“	"	PUNCT	_	61 Do	punct
61	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	55 Do	parataxis
62	as	as	SCONJ	_	64 choose	mark
63	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	64 choose	nsubj
64	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 Do	advcl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 Do	punct
66	“	"	PUNCT	_	67 Do	punct
67	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	55 Do	parataxis
68	as	as	SCONJ	_	70 choose	mark
69	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	70 choose	nsubj
70	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 Do	advcl
71	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 him	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle	the brute to the man and the brute to the man and the brute not said here	no reply			beyond a uncivil grunt and a croak; first property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset reply=Product
2	say speech: assert	past	mouth		last		in a loud bellowing voice	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	bellow	gerund						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	hear	present	we		pond or pool	night	sometimes property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from pond=Source
5	do in a quote	infinitive						tree rules
6	choose in a quote	present	you					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	do	infinitive						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	choose	present	you					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	do in a quote	infinitive						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	choose in a quote	present	you					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
12	complain		mouth					nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Project Gutenberg book 78673 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 74