Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 105
Soon in the distance rose A small dark spot, which grew In size as it drew near. ’
Who acts: small dark spot, spot · What happens: rise, grow, draw · To what, where: small dark spot, size
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 (small dark spot, spot), 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 | Soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 rose | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 distance | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 distance | det |
| 4 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | obl |
| 5 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 spot | det |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 spot | amod |
| 8 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 spot | amod |
| 9 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 grew | punct |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 grew | nsubj |
| 12 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 spot | acl:relcl |
| 13 | In | in | ADP | _ | 14 size | case |
| 14 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grew | obl |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 drew | mark |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 drew | nsubj |
| 17 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 grew | advcl |
| 18 | near | near | ADV | _ | 17 drew | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 rose | punct |
| 20 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | a small dark spot | in the distance; soon property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spot=Theme | ||||
| 2 | grow | past | a small dark spot | size | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in size=Location | ||||
| 3 | draw | past | spot | near property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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