Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 90

So without delay he went Straight up the bed of the brook, And coming to the town Sat down, and bade a boy Bring him some water to drink; To which the boy replied That not a drop could be had In that town unless ’twere given Out by the chief himself.

Who acts: bade, coming, boy, chief · What happens: go, come, sit down, bring, drink, reply · To what, where: bed, town, water, boy, That, drop · 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 (bade, coming, boy, chief), 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
2	without	without	ADP	_	3 delay	case
3	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Straight	straight	ADV	_	9 bed	advmod
7	up	up	ADP	_	9 bed	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bed	det
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 brook	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 brook	det
12	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bed	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Sat	punct
14	And	and	CCONJ	_	19 Sat	cc
15	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 Sat	csubj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 town	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 town	det
18	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 coming	obl
19	Sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	conj
20	down	down	ADP	_	19 Sat	compound:prt
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 Bring	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 Bring	cc
23	bade	bade	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 Bring	nsubj
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 boy	det
25	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 Bring	nsubj
26	Bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 went	conj
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 Bring	obj
28	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	29 water	det
29	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 Bring	obj
30	to	to	PART	_	31 drink	mark
31	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 Bring	advcl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 replied	punct
33	To	to	ADP	_	34 which	case
34	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	37 replied	obl
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 boy	det
36	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 replied	nsubj
37	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	parataxis
38	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	37 replied	obj
39	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	41 drop	advmod
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 drop	det
41	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 had	obl
42	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 had	aux
43	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	44 had	aux:pass
44	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 replied	ccomp
45	In	in	ADP	_	47 town	case
46	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	47 town	det
47	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 had	obl
48	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	49 ’	mark
49	’	'	X	_	51 given	nsubj:pass
50	twere	twere	ADV	_	51 given	advmod
51	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 had	parataxis
52	Out	out	ADP	_	51 given	compound:prt
53	by	by	ADP	_	55 chief	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 chief	det
55	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 given	obl
56	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	51 given	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	bade			the bed of the brook	without delay	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme up bed=Initial_Location
2	come	gerund				the town		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location
3	sit down	past	coming					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	bring	infinitive	bade	some water	boy			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination water=Theme
5	drink	to-infinitive	bade not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	reply speech: assert	past	the boy	That			which obl	tree rules
7	have	could · passive		a drop		that town		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»
8	give out	participle · passive	the chief	’			bade obl; twere property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=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 90