Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 96
Among my varied and most valued small possessions is what was once, beyond doubt, the sketch book of Salvator Rosa himself, consisting of a number of blank leaves on one of which still remains an exquisite pen sketch of a head by Bronzino.
Who acts: small possessions · What happens: value, be, consist, remain · To what, where: exquisite pen sketch
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 (small possessions), 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 | _ | 3 varied | case |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 varied | nmod:poss |
| 3 | varied | varied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 valued | cc |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 valued | advmod |
| 6 | valued | value | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 varied | conj |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 possessions | amod |
| 8 | possessions | possession | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 what | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 what | cop |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 valued | parataxis |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 once | cop |
| 12 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 what | acl:relcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 doubt | punct |
| 14 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 15 doubt | case |
| 15 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 valued | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 book | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 book | det |
| 18 | sketch | sketch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 book | compound |
| 19 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 doubt | appos |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Rosa | case |
| 21 | Salvator | Salvator | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Rosa | compound |
| 22 | Rosa | Rosa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 book | nmod |
| 23 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 22 Rosa | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 consisting | punct |
| 25 | consisting | consist | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 valued | advcl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 number | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 number | det |
| 28 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 consisting | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 leaves | case |
| 30 | blank | blank | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 leaves | amod |
| 31 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 number | nmod |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 one | case |
| 33 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 leaves | nmod |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 which | case |
| 35 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 remains | obl |
| 36 | still | still | ADV | _ | 37 remains | advmod |
| 37 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 one | acl:relcl |
| 38 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 sketch | det |
| 39 | exquisite | exquisite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 sketch | amod |
| 40 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 sketch | compound |
| 41 | sketch | sketch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 remains | obj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 head | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 head | det |
| 44 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 sketch | nmod |
| 45 | by | by | ADP | _ | 46 Bronzino | case |
| 46 | Bronzino | Bronzino | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 sketch | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 varied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | value | past | beyond doubt | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | small possessions | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is | past | once property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | consist | gerund | of a number of blank leaves on one | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | remain | present | a exquisite pen sketch of a head | still | by Bronzino; which obl | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sketch=Attribute |
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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