Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 113
True, it may be the slightest--a mere touch of gold-leaf or an illuminated letter, or a sun-gleam on the mountain top--but the most inspired poet can never feel that he is really “heart-intimate” with scenery, if it has for him no ties of tradition or folk-lore.
Who acts: Wordsworth, inspired poet, poet · What happens: be, illuminate, not feel, have, touch · To what, where: heart intimate, ties, gold leaf
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 (Wordsworth, inspired poet, poet), 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 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 slightest | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 slightest | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 slightest | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 slightest | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 slightest | det |
| 7 | slightest | slight | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 1 True | parataxis |
| 8 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 11 touch | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 touch | det |
| 10 | mere | mere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 touch | amod |
| 11 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 slightest | parataxis |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 leaf | case |
| 13 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 leaf | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 gold | punct |
| 15 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 touch | nmod |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 letter | cc |
| 17 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 letter | det |
| 18 | illuminated | illuminate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 letter | amod |
| 19 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 leaf | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 gleam | punct |
| 21 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 25 gleam | cc |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 gleam | det |
| 23 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 gleam | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 sun | punct |
| 25 | gleam | gleam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 touch | conj |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 top | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 top | det |
| 28 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 top | compound |
| 29 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 gleam | nmod |
| 30 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 38 feel | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 feel | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 poet | det |
| 33 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 34 inspired | advmod |
| 34 | inspired | inspired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 poet | amod |
| 35 | poet | poet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 feel | nsubj |
| 36 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 feel | aux |
| 37 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 38 feel | advmod |
| 38 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 True | parataxis |
| 39 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 46 intimate | mark |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 intimate | nsubj |
| 41 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 intimate | cop |
| 42 | really | really | ADV | _ | 46 intimate | advmod |
| 43 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 intimate | punct |
| 44 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 intimate | compound |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 heart | punct |
| 46 | intimate | intimate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 feel | advcl |
| 47 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 intimate | punct |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 scenery | case |
| 49 | scenery | scenery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 feel | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 has | punct |
| 51 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 53 has | mark |
| 52 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 has | nsubj |
| 53 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 feel | conj |
| 54 | for | for | ADP | _ | 55 him | case |
| 55 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 has | obl |
| 56 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 57 ties | det |
| 57 | ties | tie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 has | obj |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 tradition | case |
| 59 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 ties | nmod |
| 60 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 63 lore | cc |
| 61 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 lore | compound |
| 62 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 61 folk | punct |
| 63 | lore | lore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 tradition | conj |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | Wordsworth | a mere touch of gold leaf or a illuminated letter or a sun gleam on the mountain top parataxis; slight property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | illuminate | participle | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | not feel | can | the inspired poet | with scenery | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | poet | heart intimate | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | have a condition, not said to happen | present | Wordsworth | no ties of tradition or folk lore | for poet | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tie=Patient | |||
| 7 | touch | gold leaf or a illuminated letter | nom touch «event transitive»: of=patient |
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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