Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 108
When Kulóskap the Master Came into this world of ours, Or the Land of the Wabanaki, It was full of giants and monsters, Sorcerers, dwarfs and demons, Mighty beasts and men, Fiends and the Indian devils, And, worst of all, the witches, And worst among them Pûjinskwes, A word which means “The Pitcher.”
Who acts: world, word · What happens: be, mean · To what, where: Pitcher
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (world, word), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Came | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Came | det |
| 4 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Came | compound |
| 5 | Came | Came | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 When | appos |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 world | case |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 world | det |
| 8 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Came | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 ours | case |
| 10 | ours | our | PRON | Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 world | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Land | punct |
| 12 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 Land | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Land | det |
| 14 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Came | appos |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Wabanaki | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Wabanaki | det |
| 17 | Wabanaki | Wabanaki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Land | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 full | punct |
| 19 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 full | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 full | cop |
| 21 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Wabanaki | amod |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 giants | case |
| 23 | giants | giant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 full | obl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 monsters | cc |
| 25 | monsters | monster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 giants | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Sorcerers | punct |
| 27 | Sorcerers | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 giants | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 dwarfs | punct |
| 29 | dwarfs | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 giants | conj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 demons | cc |
| 31 | demons | demon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 giants | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 beasts | punct |
| 33 | Mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 beasts | amod |
| 34 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 giants | conj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 men | cc |
| 36 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 giants | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Fiends | punct |
| 38 | Fiends | fiend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 giants | conj |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 devils | cc |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 devils | det |
| 41 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 devils | amod |
| 42 | devils | devil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 giants | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 worst | punct |
| 44 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 worst | cc |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 worst | punct |
| 46 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 Wabanaki | appos |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 all | case |
| 48 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 worst | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 witches | punct |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 witches | det |
| 51 | witches | witch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 Wabanaki | conj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 Pûjinskwes | punct |
| 53 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 Pûjinskwes | cc |
| 54 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 57 Pûjinskwes | nsubj |
| 55 | among | among | ADP | _ | 56 them | case |
| 56 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 worst | nmod |
| 57 | Pûjinskwes | Pûjinskwes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 witches | appos |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 word | punct |
| 59 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 word | det |
| 60 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 Pûjinskwes | appos |
| 61 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 62 means | nsubj |
| 62 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 word | acl:relcl |
| 63 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 65 Pitcher | punct |
| 64 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 Pitcher | det |
| 65 | Pitcher | Pitcher | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 means | obj |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 57 Pûjinskwes | punct |
| 67 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Land | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | world | of giants and monsters and Sorcerers and dwarfs and demons and Mighty beasts and men and Fiends and the Indian devils; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | a word | the Pitcher | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitcher=Topic |
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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