Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 130
He gave the whale a pipe, Tobacco and a light And so she sailed away Rejoicing as she went, A-smoking as she swam; While Kulóskap, the Lord, Leaning upon his bow Beheld the long low cloud Which trailed behind her, till She vanished far away.
Who acts: Tobacco, word, Kulóskap, long low cloud · What happens: give, sail away, rejoice, go, swim, lean · To what, where: pipe, whale, smoking, long low cloud, bow
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 (Tobacco, word, Kulóskap, long low cloud), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 whale | det |
| 4 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pipe | det |
| 6 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Tobacco | punct |
| 8 | Tobacco | Tobacco | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 pipe | appos |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 light | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 light | det |
| 11 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Tobacco | conj |
| 12 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 sailed | cc |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 sailed | advmod |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 sailed | nsubj |
| 15 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 gave | conj |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 15 sailed | advmod |
| 17 | Rejoicing | rejoice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 sailed | advcl |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 went | mark |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 went | nsubj |
| 20 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 Rejoicing | ccomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 smoking | punct |
| 22 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 smoking | det |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 A | punct |
| 24 | smoking | smoking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 went | obl |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 27 swam | mark |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 swam | nsubj |
| 27 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 went | advcl |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 Leaning | punct |
| 29 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 35 Leaning | mark |
| 30 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Leaning | nsubj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Lord | punct |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Lord | det |
| 33 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Kulóskap | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Leaning | punct |
| 35 | Leaning | lean | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 sailed | advcl |
| 36 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 38 bow | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 bow | nmod:poss |
| 38 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 Leaning | obl |
| 39 | Beheld | Beheld | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 bow | appos |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 cloud | det |
| 41 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 cloud | amod |
| 42 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 cloud | amod |
| 43 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 Leaning | obj |
| 44 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 trailed | nsubj |
| 45 | trailed | trail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 cloud | acl:relcl |
| 46 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 47 her | case |
| 47 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 trailed | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 vanished | punct |
| 49 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 51 vanished | mark |
| 50 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 vanished | nsubj |
| 51 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sailed | conj |
| 52 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 53 away | advmod |
| 53 | away | away | ADV | _ | 51 vanished | advmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Tobacco | a pipe | the whale | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient pipe=Theme | |||
| 2 | sail away | past | word | away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | rejoice | gerund | word not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | go | past | word | a smoking | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | swim | past | word | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | lean | gerund | Kulóskap and the Lord | the long low cloud | Tobacco's bow | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme upon bow=Destination | |||
| 7 | trail | past | the long low cloud | behind word | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent behind she=Trajectory | ||||
| 8 | vanish | past | word | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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