Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 2
And the third said: “I would be washed Up and down with the rippling waves, Living at will on land, Or in the water;” Then The fourth said: “None of you Know how to wish, and I Will teach you how.
Who acts: third, fourth, None · What happens: say, wash up, live, know, wish, teach · To what, where: third, water, land, you · 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 (third, fourth, None), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 third | det |
| 3 | third | third | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 washed | punct |
| 6 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 washed | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 washed | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 washed | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 washed | aux:pass |
| 10 | washed | wash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 said | ccomp |
| 11 | Up | up | ADP | _ | 10 washed | compound:prt |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 down | cc |
| 13 | down | down | ADV | _ | 10 washed | conj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 waves | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 waves | det |
| 16 | rippling | rippling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 waves | compound |
| 17 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 washed | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Living | punct |
| 19 | Living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 washed | advcl |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 will | case |
| 21 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 Living | aux |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 land | case |
| 23 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Living | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 water | punct |
| 25 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 28 water | cc |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 water | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 water | det |
| 28 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 washed | obl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 30 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 31 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 34 said | advmod |
| 32 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 fourth | det |
| 33 | fourth | fourth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 said | nsubj |
| 34 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | advcl |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 40 Know | punct |
| 36 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 Know | punct |
| 37 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 40 Know | nsubj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 you | case |
| 39 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 37 None | nmod |
| 40 | Know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 said | ccomp |
| 41 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 43 wish | advmod |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 wish | mark |
| 43 | wish | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 Know | ccomp |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 teach | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 teach | cc |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 teach | nsubj |
| 47 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 teach | aux |
| 48 | teach | teach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | conj |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 48 teach | iobj |
| 50 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 48 teach | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the third | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | wash up in a quote | would · passive | the third = third | the water | with the rippling waves | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with wave=Instrument | |||
| 3 | live in a quote | future | land | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Location | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | the fourth | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | know in a quote | present | None of you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | wish in a quote | to-infinitive | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 7 | teach speech: other in a quote | future | the third = third | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
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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