Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 92
Among the former was a History of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, illustrated with numerous designs of the birchbark school of art, which I transferred to my friend the late Dr. D. G. Brinton as its most appropriate possessor.
Who acts: I · What happens: be, illustrate, transfer, design · To what, where: numerous designs, friend, birchbark school
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), 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 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 6 History | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 History | det |
| 3 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 History | amod |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 History | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 History | det |
| 6 | History | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Tribe | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Tribe | det |
| 9 | Passamaquoddy | Passamaquoddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Tribe | compound |
| 10 | Tribe | Tribe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 History | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 illustrated | punct |
| 12 | illustrated | illustrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 History | conj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 designs | case |
| 14 | numerous | numerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 designs | amod |
| 15 | designs | design | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 illustrated | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 school | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 school | det |
| 18 | birchbark | birchbark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 school | compound |
| 19 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 designs | nmod |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 art | case |
| 21 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 school | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 transferred | punct |
| 23 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 transferred | obj |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 transferred | nsubj |
| 25 | transferred | transfer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 designs | acl:relcl |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 friend | case |
| 27 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 friend | nmod:poss |
| 28 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 transferred | obl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Brinton | det |
| 30 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 Brinton | amod |
| 31 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 D. | nmod:desc |
| 32 | D. | D. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Brinton | compound |
| 33 | G. | G. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 D. | flat |
| 34 | Brinton | Brinton | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 friend | appos |
| 35 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 possessor | case |
| 36 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 possessor | nmod:poss |
| 37 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 38 appropriate | advmod |
| 38 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 possessor | amod |
| 39 | possessor | possessor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Brinton | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 History | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | among the former History; of the Passamaquoddy Tribe | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | illustrate | participle | with numerous designs of the birchbark school of art | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with design=Theme | |||||
| 3 | transfer | past | I | numerous designs of the birchbark school of art | my friend | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to friend=Recipient | |||
| 4 | design | the birchbark school of art | nom design «act 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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