Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 104
So when the time had come He called his dogs, and went Down to the shore and looked Far o’er the rolling sea, And sang the magic song Which all the Whales obey.
Who acts: time, KULÓSKAP, Whales · What happens: come, call, go down, look, roll, sing · To what, where: dogs, magic song · 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 (time, KULÓSKAP, Whales), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 8 called | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 come | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 come | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 come | aux |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 called | parataxis |
| 7 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 called | nsubj |
| 8 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 dogs | nmod:poss |
| 10 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 called | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 went | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 went | cc |
| 13 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 called | conj |
| 14 | Down | down | ADV | _ | 13 went | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 shore | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 shore | det |
| 17 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 went | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 looked | cc |
| 19 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 went | conj |
| 20 | Far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 looked | advmod |
| 21 | o’er | o'er | ADP | _ | 24 sea | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 sea | det |
| 23 | rolling | roll | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 24 sea | amod |
| 24 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 looked | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 sang | punct |
| 26 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 sang | cc |
| 27 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 called | conj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 song | det |
| 29 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 song | compound |
| 30 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sang | obj |
| 31 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 obey | obj |
| 32 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 Whales | det:predet |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Whales | det |
| 34 | Whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 obey | nsubj |
| 35 | obey | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 song | acl:relcl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · perfect | the time | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | call speech: assert | past | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap | KULÓSKAP's dogs | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | go down | past | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap not said here | to the shore; down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | look | past | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap not said here | o'er the rolling sea; far property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | roll | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | sing speech: express | past | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap not said here | the magic song | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ||||
| 7 | obey | present | all Whales | the magic song | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
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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