Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 95
However, I with great care put the Mitchell Anglo-Algonkin into English metre, having been impressed, while at the work, with the exquisitely naïve and fresh character of the original, which, while it often reminded me of Norse poetry, in many passages had strictly a life and beauty of its own.
Who acts: I, naïve, many passages · What happens: put, have, be, remind · To what, where: Mitchell Anglo, English metre, work, me, life
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, naïve, many passages), 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 | However | however | ADV | _ | 7 put | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 However | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 put | nsubj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 care | case |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 care | amod |
| 6 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 put | obl |
| 7 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Anglo | det |
| 9 | Mitchell | Mitchell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Anglo | compound |
| 10 | Anglo | Anglo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 put | obj |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Algonkin | punct |
| 12 | Algonkin | Algonkin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Anglo | conj |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 metre | case |
| 14 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 metre | compound |
| 15 | metre | metre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 put | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 impressed | punct |
| 17 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 impressed | nsubj |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 impressed | cop |
| 19 | impressed | impressed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 put | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 work | punct |
| 21 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 24 work | mark |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 work | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 work | det |
| 24 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 impressed | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 naïve | punct |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 naïve | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 naïve | det |
| 28 | exquisitely | exquisitely | ADV | _ | 29 naïve | advmod |
| 29 | naïve | naïve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 work | conj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 character | cc |
| 31 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 character | amod |
| 32 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 naïve | conj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 original | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 original | det |
| 35 | original | original | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 character | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 reminded | punct |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 reminded | nsubj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 reminded | punct |
| 39 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 42 reminded | mark |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 reminded | nsubj |
| 41 | often | often | ADV | _ | 42 reminded | advmod |
| 42 | reminded | remind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 naïve | parataxis |
| 43 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 reminded | obj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 poetry | case |
| 45 | Norse | norse | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 poetry | amod |
| 46 | poetry | poetry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 reminded | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 had | punct |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 passages | case |
| 49 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 passages | amod |
| 50 | passages | passage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 had | nsubj |
| 51 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 reminded | conj |
| 52 | strictly | strictly | ADV | _ | 51 had | advmod |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 life | det |
| 54 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 had | obj |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 beauty | cc |
| 56 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 life | conj |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 own | case |
| 58 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 own | nmod:poss |
| 59 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 beauty | nmod |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | infinitive | I | the Mitchell Anglo and Algonkin | English metre | with great care; however property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent anglo=Goal | ||
| 2 | have | gerund | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | participle | the work and the naïve and fresh character of the original | impressed property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | remind speech: other | past | the naïve and fresh character of the original | me | of Norse poetry; original nsubj; often property | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent i=Recipient of poetry=Topic | |||
| 5 | have | past | many passages | a life and beauty of original's own | strictly property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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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