Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 101
It so befell that I, _per fortuna_, became correspondent with Professor J. Dyneley Prince, who had come some time after but got far before me in a knowledge of Algonkin, as was shown in various papers containing the original text and translations of Algonkin legends in different dialects.
Who acts: sono, correspondent, time, various papers, Algonkin legends · What happens: befall, become, come, get, show, contain · To what, where: correspondent, knowledge, various papers, original text
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sono, correspondent, time, various papers), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 befell | nsubj |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 befell | advmod |
| 3 | befell | befall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | ADP | _ | 5 I | case |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 befell | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fortuna | punct |
| 7 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 9 fortuna | punct |
| 8 | per | per | ADP | _ | 9 fortuna | case |
| 9 | fortuna | fortuna | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 befell | obl |
| 10 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 9 fortuna | punct |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 became | punct |
| 12 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 befell | parataxis |
| 13 | correspondent | correspondent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 became | xcomp |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 Prince | case |
| 15 | Professor | Professor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 J. | nmod:desc |
| 16 | J. | J. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Prince | compound |
| 17 | Dyneley | Dyneley | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 J. | flat |
| 18 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 correspondent | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 come | punct |
| 20 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 come | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 come | aux |
| 22 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 correspondent | acl |
| 23 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 24 time | det |
| 24 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 come | obl:unmarked |
| 25 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 27 got | mark |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 got | cc |
| 27 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 time | acl |
| 28 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 27 got | advmod |
| 29 | before | before | ADP | _ | 30 me | case |
| 30 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 got | obl |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 knowledge | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 knowledge | det |
| 33 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 got | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Algonkin | case |
| 35 | Algonkin | Algonkin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 knowledge | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 shown | punct |
| 37 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 shown | mark |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 shown | aux:pass |
| 39 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 became | conj |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 papers | case |
| 41 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 papers | amod |
| 42 | papers | paper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 shown | obl |
| 43 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 42 papers | acl |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 text | det |
| 45 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 text | amod |
| 46 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 containing | obj |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 translations | cc |
| 48 | translations | translation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 text | conj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 legends | case |
| 50 | Algonkin | Algonkin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 legends | compound |
| 51 | legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 translations | nmod |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 dialects | case |
| 53 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 dialects | amod |
| 54 | dialects | dialect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 legends | nmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 befell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | befall | past | sono | that I; per fortuna | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | become | past | correspondent with J. Prince | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | come | past · perfect | correspondent with J. Prince | time | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | get | past | some time not said here | a knowledge of Algonkin | before me | far property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||
| 5 | show | past · passive | various papers | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 6 | contain | gerund | various papers not said here | the original text and translations of Algonkin legends in different dialects | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot text=Theme | ||||
| 7 | translate | Algonkin legends in different dialects | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=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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