Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 103
Now, it is said, the Lord To gain tremendous power, Or such grand mastery As man had never won, Went to the wilderness, And there for seven years So trained his mighty mind By penance into will, That when the time was o’er He knew that he had won, And that no thing on earth No sorcerer nor fiend, Giant nor devil grim, Could now resist his power.
Who acts: man, KULÓSKAP, thing · What happens: say, gain, not win, go, train, be · To what, where: dish, tremendous power, wilderness, mighty mind, time, power · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, KULÓSKAP, thing), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 said | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | aux:pass |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Lord | det |
| 8 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 9 | To | to | PART | _ | 10 gain | mark |
| 10 | gain | gain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 11 | tremendous | tremendous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 power | amod |
| 12 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gain | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mastery | punct |
| 14 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 mastery | cc |
| 15 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 mastery | amod |
| 16 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 mastery | amod |
| 17 | mastery | mastery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 power | conj |
| 18 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 22 won | mark |
| 19 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 won | nsubj |
| 20 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 won | aux |
| 21 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 22 won | advmod |
| 22 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 mastery | advcl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Went | punct |
| 24 | Went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 power | conj |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 wilderness | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 wilderness | det |
| 27 | wilderness | wilderness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Went | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 trained | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 trained | cc |
| 30 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 35 trained | expl |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 years | case |
| 32 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 years | nummod |
| 33 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 trained | obl |
| 34 | So | so | ADV | _ | 35 trained | advmod |
| 35 | trained | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | conj |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 mind | nmod:poss |
| 37 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 mind | amod |
| 38 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 trained | obj |
| 39 | By | by | ADP | _ | 40 penance | case |
| 40 | penance | penance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 trained | obl |
| 41 | into | into | ADP | _ | 42 will | case |
| 42 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 trained | advcl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 when | punct |
| 44 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 when | nsubj |
| 45 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 35 trained | parataxis |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 time | det |
| 47 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 when | nsubj |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 knew | cop |
| 49 | o’er | o'er | SCONJ | _ | 51 knew | mark |
| 50 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 knew | nsubj |
| 51 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 time | acl:relcl |
| 52 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 55 won | mark |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 won | nsubj |
| 54 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 won | aux |
| 55 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 51 knew | ccomp |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 resist | punct |
| 57 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 75 resist | cc |
| 58 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 75 resist | mark |
| 59 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 60 thing | det |
| 60 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 resist | nsubj |
| 61 | on | on | ADP | _ | 62 earth | case |
| 62 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 thing | nmod |
| 63 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 64 sorcerer | det |
| 64 | sorcerer | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 earth | conj |
| 65 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 66 fiend | cc |
| 66 | fiend | fiend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 sorcerer | conj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 Giant | punct |
| 68 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 sorcerer | appos |
| 69 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 70 devil | cc |
| 70 | devil | devil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 68 Giant | conj |
| 71 | grim | grim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 devil | xcomp |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 thing | punct |
| 73 | Could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 75 resist | aux |
| 74 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 75 resist | advmod |
| 75 | resist | resist | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 won | conj |
| 76 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 power | nmod:poss |
| 77 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 resist | obj |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · passive | dish | now | the Lord nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | gain | to-infinitive | tremendous power or such grand mastery | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not win | past · perfect | man | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | go | past | the wilderness | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wilderness=Initial_Location | |||||
| 5 | train | past | KULÓSKAP's mighty mind | there | year | by penance | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Theme | ||
| 6 | is | past | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap | the time not said here | know property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | win | past · perfect | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | devil | present | no thing on earth and no sorcerer nor fiend not said here | grim property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | resist | could | no thing on earth and no sorcerer nor fiend | KULÓSKAP's power | now | tree rules | |||
| 10 | mind | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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