Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 120
Unto which I may truly add that, when such collection was made, there were far more critics to find fault with the way in which it was done, than persons to do it.
Who acts: I, more critics · What happens: add, make, be, find, do · To what, where: that, such collection, fault, collection, way
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, more critics), 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 | Unto | unto | ADP | _ | 2 which | case |
| 2 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 add | obl |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 add | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 add | aux |
| 5 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 6 add | advmod |
| 6 | add | add | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 add | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 made | punct |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 13 made | mark |
| 10 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 collection | amod |
| 11 | collection | collection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 made | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 made | aux:pass |
| 13 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 add | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 were | punct |
| 15 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 16 were | expl |
| 16 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 made | conj |
| 17 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 18 more | advmod |
| 18 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 19 critics | amod |
| 19 | critics | critic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 were | nsubj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 find | mark |
| 21 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 were | advcl |
| 22 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 find | obj |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 way | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 way | det |
| 25 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 fault | nmod |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 which | case |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 done | obl |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 done | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 done | aux:pass |
| 30 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 way | acl:relcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 persons | punct |
| 32 | than | than | ADP | _ | 33 persons | case |
| 33 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 done | obl |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 do | mark |
| 35 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 done | advcl |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 do | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 add | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | may | I | that | which obl; truly property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | |||
| 2 | make | past · passive | such collection | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 3 | be | past | more critics | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | find | to-infinitive | more critics not said here | fault | with the way | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic | |||
| 5 | do | past · passive | collection | the way | than persons | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | do | to-infinitive | collection | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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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