Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 118
This assertion is, I trust, verified by what is given in the Micmac tales by the late Rev. S. Rand, the collection made by Miss Abbey Alger of Boston, and my own “Algonquin Legends of New England,”[2] which I, _sit venia_, may mention was the first to appear of the series.
Who acts: I, late Rev. · What happens: be, verify, give, make, sit, mention · To what, where: assertion, Micmac tales, collection, venia
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 (I, late Rev.), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 assertion | det |
| 2 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 trust | cop |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 trust | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 trust | nsubj |
| 6 | trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 assertion | acl:relcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 verified | punct |
| 8 | verified | verify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 given | advcl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 what | case |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 given | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 given | aux:pass |
| 12 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 tales | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 tales | det |
| 15 | Micmac | Micmac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 tales | compound |
| 16 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 given | obl |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 Rev. | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Rev. | det |
| 19 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 Rev. | amod |
| 20 | Rev. | Rev. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 given | obl |
| 21 | S. | S. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Rev. | flat |
| 22 | Rand | Rand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Rev. | flat |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 collection | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 collection | det |
| 25 | collection | collection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Rev. | conj |
| 26 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 collection | acl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 Abbey | case |
| 28 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Abbey | compound |
| 29 | Abbey | Abbey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 made | obl:agent |
| 30 | Alger | Alger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Abbey | flat |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Boston | case |
| 32 | Boston | Boston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Alger | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 Legends | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 Legends | cc |
| 35 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 Legends | nmod:poss |
| 36 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 Legends | amod |
| 37 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 Legends | punct |
| 38 | Algonquin | Algonquin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Legends | compound |
| 39 | Legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 given | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 England | case |
| 41 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 England | flat |
| 42 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Legends | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 given | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 given | punct |
| 45 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 46 2 | punct |
| 46 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 52 sit | discourse |
| 47 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 46 2 | punct |
| 48 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 sit | obj |
| 49 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 sit | nsubj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 sit | punct |
| 51 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 52 sit | punct |
| 52 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 given | advcl |
| 53 | venia | venia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 sit | obj |
| 54 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 53 venia | punct |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 mention | punct |
| 56 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 mention | aux |
| 57 | mention | mention | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 sit | conj |
| 58 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 first | cop |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 first | det |
| 60 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 57 mention | obj |
| 61 | to | to | PART | _ | 62 appear | mark |
| 62 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 first | acl |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 series | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 series | det |
| 65 | series | series | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 appear | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | I | this assertion not said here | trust property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | verify | participle | the late Rev. and the collection not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | give | present · passive | the late Rev. and the collection | this assertion | the Micmac tales | my own Algonquin Legends of New England obl; what nsubj:pass | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||
| 4 | make | participle | the collection not said here | Miss Abbey obl:agent | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 5 | sit | infinitive | I | venia | 2 discourse; which obj | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent which=Theme venia=Destination | |||
| 6 | mention speech: other | may | I not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | is | past | first property | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | appear | to-infinitive | of the series | vn appear-48.1.1 «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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