Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 48
This He twisted to a withe And with it, to his waist He tied the beaver fast; But still it grew apace Till, trailing after him, It tore down all the trees, So that the giant left A clean fair road behind.
Who acts: This, Larger, beaver, giant · What happens: twist, tie, grow, trail, tore down, leave · To what, where: withe, beaver, apace Till, trees, clean fair road
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 (This, Larger, beaver, giant), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 twisted | nsubj |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 twisted | nsubj |
| 3 | twisted | twist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 withe | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 withe | det |
| 6 | withe | withe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 twisted | obl |
| 7 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 it | cc |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 withe | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 tied | punct |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 waist | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 waist | nmod:poss |
| 13 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 tied | obl |
| 14 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 tied | nsubj |
| 15 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 twisted | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 beaver | det |
| 17 | beaver | beaver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 tied | obj |
| 18 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 tied | advmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 grew | punct |
| 20 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 grew | cc |
| 21 | still | still | ADV | _ | 23 grew | advmod |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 grew | nsubj |
| 23 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 twisted | conj |
| 24 | apace | apace | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Till | amod |
| 25 | Till | Till | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 grew | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 trailing | punct |
| 27 | trailing | trail | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 grew | advcl |
| 28 | after | after | ADP | _ | 29 him | case |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 trailing | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 tore | punct |
| 31 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 tore | nsubj |
| 32 | tore | tore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 grew | conj |
| 33 | down | down | ADV | _ | 32 tore | advmod |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 trees | det:predet |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 trees | det |
| 36 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 tore | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 left | punct |
| 38 | So | so | ADV | _ | 42 left | advmod |
| 39 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 42 left | mark |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 giant | det |
| 41 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 left | nsubj |
| 42 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 grew | conj |
| 43 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 road | det |
| 44 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 road | amod |
| 45 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 road | amod |
| 46 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 left | obj |
| 47 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 42 left | advmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 twisted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | twist | past | This | a withe with beaver | Larger nsubj | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to withe=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | tie | past | Larger | the beaver | to Larger's waist; fast property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent beaver=Patient to waist=Co-Patient | |||
| 3 | grow | past | beaver | apace Till | still | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location till=Theme | |||
| 4 | trail | gerund | beaver not said here | after Larger | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | tore down | past | beaver | all trees | down property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | leave | past | the giant | a clean fair road | behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=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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