Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 82

Now these good Indians, who Were the honestest fellows alive, Best natured in all the world, And never harmed any one Except their enemies, Were in a pickle indeed; For sad it is to have Nothing but water to drink; But to want even that When one is raging with thirst Is worse than waiting for dinner When we have no dinner to wait for.

Who acts: good Indians, Indian, one, raging, we · What happens: be, nature, not harm, drink, want, rage · To what, where: honestest fellows, good Indians, world, one, dinner

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 (good Indians, Indian, one, raging), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 Indians	advmod
2	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 Indians	det
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Indians	amod
4	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	22 harmed	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fellows	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 fellows	nsubj
7	Were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fellows	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fellows	det
9	honestest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 fellows	amod
10	fellows	fellow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Indians	appos
11	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fellows	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Best	punct
13	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 Indians	conj
14	natured	nature	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 Indians	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 world	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 world	det:predet
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 world	det
18	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 natured	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 harmed	punct
20	And	and	CCONJ	_	22 harmed	cc
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	22 harmed	advmod
22	harmed	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	24 one	det
24	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 harmed	obj
25	Except	except	ADP	_	27 enemies	case
26	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 enemies	nmod:poss
27	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 one	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 pickle	punct
29	Were	Were	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 pickle	nsubj
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 pickle	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 pickle	det
32	pickle	pickle	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 one	appos
33	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	32 pickle	advmod
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 have	punct
35	For	for	ADP	_	36 sad	case
36	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 have	obl
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 have	nsubj
38	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 have	cop
39	to	to	PART	_	40 have	mark
40	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 harmed	parataxis
41	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	40 have	obj
42	but	but	CCONJ	_	43 water	cc
43	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 Nothing	conj
44	to	to	PART	_	45 drink	mark
45	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 Nothing	acl
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 want	punct
47	But	but	CCONJ	_	49 want	cc
48	to	to	PART	_	49 want	mark
49	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 have	conj
50	even	even	ADV	_	59 worse	advmod
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 worse	mark
52	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	55 raging	advmod
53	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	55 raging	nsubj
54	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 raging	aux
55	raging	rage	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	59 worse	csubj
56	with	with	ADP	_	57 thirst	case
57	thirst	thirst	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 raging	obl
58	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 worse	cop
59	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	49 want	xcomp
60	than	than	SCONJ	_	61 waiting	mark
61	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	59 worse	advcl
62	for	for	ADP	_	63 dinner	case
63	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 waiting	obl
64	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	66 have	advmod
65	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	66 have	nsubj
66	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 waiting	advcl
67	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	68 dinner	det
68	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 have	obj
69	to	to	PART	_	70 wait	mark
70	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 dinner	acl
71	for	for	ADP	_	70 wait	obl
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 harmed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	this good Indians	the honestest fellows			tree rules
2	nature	participle		this good Indians not said here	all world		tree rules
3	not harm	past	this good Indians	any one		except fellows's enemies	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus one=Experiencer
4	is	present	Indian			for sad; Nothing water obj; have property	tree rules
5	drink	to-infinitive	Indian not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	want	to-infinitive	Indian not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
7	rage	present · progressive	one			with thirst	vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with thirst=Theme
8	is not said to happen	present	raging			bad property	tree rules
9	wait	gerund	raging not said here			for dinner	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	have	present	we	no dinner			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient
11	wait	to-infinitive	we not said here	no dinner not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 82