Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 10, sentence 65
One day the tempest roared, The waves were as high as hillocks, Even Kulóskap the Lord Cared not to face the storm; So then he said to himself: “Wuchoʿsen has made this mischief And all to show his power, So now he shall feel mine!”
Who acts: tempest, waves, Lord, Wuchoʿsen · What happens: roar, be, care, not face, say, make · To what, where: Kulóskap, storm, KULÓSKAP, mischief, power, tempest · 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 (tempest, waves, Lord, Wuchoʿsen), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 roared | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tempest | det |
| 4 | tempest | tempest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 roared | nsubj |
| 5 | roared | roar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 high | punct |
| 7 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 waves | det |
| 8 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 high | nsubj |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 high | cop |
| 10 | as | as | ADV | _ | 11 high | advmod |
| 11 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 roared | conj |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 hillocks | case |
| 13 | hillocks | hillock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 high | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Kulóskap | punct |
| 15 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 16 Kulóskap | advmod |
| 16 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 hillocks | nmod |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Lord | det |
| 18 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Cared | nsubj |
| 19 | Cared | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 Kulóskap | acl:relcl |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 face | advmod |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 face | mark |
| 22 | face | face | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 Cared | xcomp |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 storm | det |
| 24 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 face | obj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 said | punct |
| 26 | So | so | ADV | _ | 29 said | advmod |
| 27 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 said | advmod |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 said | nsubj |
| 29 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 roared | conj |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 himself | case |
| 31 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 29 said | obl |
| 32 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 36 made | punct |
| 33 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 made | punct |
| 34 | Wuchoʿsen | Wuchoʿsen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 made | nsubj |
| 35 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 made | aux |
| 36 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 said | ccomp |
| 37 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 mischief | det |
| 38 | mischief | mischief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 made | obj |
| 39 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 all | cc |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 made | conj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 show | mark |
| 42 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 all | advcl |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 power | nmod:poss |
| 44 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 show | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 feel | punct |
| 46 | So | so | ADV | _ | 50 feel | advmod |
| 47 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 50 feel | advmod |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 feel | nsubj |
| 49 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 feel | aux |
| 50 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 roared | parataxis |
| 51 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 feel | obj |
| 52 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 50 feel | punct |
| 53 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 50 feel | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roar | past | the tempest | day | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the waves | as hillocks Kulóskap; high property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | care | past | the Lord | Kulóskap not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not face | to-infinitive | the Lord not said here | the storm | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme storm=Destination | ||||
| 5 | say speech: express | past | tempest | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 6 | make in a quote | present · perfect | Wuchoʿsen | this mischief | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Product | ||||
| 7 | show in a quote | to-infinitive | Wuchoʿsen not said here | KULÓSKAP's power | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | feel in a quote | shall | WUCHOʿSEN | tempest | now | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent my=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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