Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 86

Now the Master was greatly pleased When he observed all this, For nothing delighted him more Than plucky, desperate deeds; So he resolved that he Would see to this thing himself.

Who acts: Master, Kulóskap · What happens: be, observe, resolve, see · To what, where: this

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 (Master, Kulóskap), 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	6 pleased	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Master	det
3	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pleased	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pleased	cop
5	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	6 pleased	advmod
6	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 observed	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 observed	nsubj
9	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pleased	ccomp
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 this	det:predet
11	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 observed	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 nothing	punct
13	For	for	ADP	_	14 nothing	case
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 observed	parataxis
15	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 nothing	amod
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 delighted	nsubj
17	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 delighted	advmod
18	Than	than	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 deeds	det
19	plucky	plucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 deeds	amod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 plucky	punct
21	desperate	desperate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 deeds	amod
22	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 more	nsubj
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 resolved	punct
24	So	so	ADV	_	26 resolved	advmod
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 resolved	nsubj
26	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pleased	conj
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 see	mark
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 see	nsubj
29	Would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 see	aux
30	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 resolved	ccomp
31	to	to	ADP	_	33 thing	case
32	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	33 thing	det
33	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 see	obl
34	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	33 thing	nmod:unmarked
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pleased	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Master		now	greatly, pleased property	tree rules
2	observe	past	Kulóskap	this		nothing parataxis	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic
3	resolve	past	Kulóskap				tree rules
4	see	would	Kulóskap			to this thing Kulóskap	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 86