Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 116
Now ’tis the greater part Of the Indian art of magic To know what our foes are planning, Planning and plotting against us, And all their tricks and devices Which they scheme in the darkened paths, The darkened paths of Evil.
Who acts: foes · What happens: know, plan, plot, scheme, darken, trick · To what, where: Planning, tricks, darkened paths · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (foes), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 part | advmod |
| 2 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | tis | tis | ADP | _ | 6 part | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 10 art | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 art | det |
| 9 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 art | amod |
| 10 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 part | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 magic | case |
| 12 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 art | nmod |
| 13 | To | to | PART | _ | 14 know | mark |
| 14 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 part | ccomp |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 planning | obj |
| 16 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 foes | nmod:poss |
| 17 | foes | foe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 planning | nsubj |
| 18 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 planning | aux |
| 19 | planning | plan | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 know | ccomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Planning | punct |
| 21 | Planning | Planning | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 planning | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 plotting | cc |
| 23 | plotting | plot | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 planning | conj |
| 24 | against | against | ADP | _ | 25 us | case |
| 25 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 plotting | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 tricks | punct |
| 27 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 tricks | cc |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 tricks | det:predet |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 tricks | nmod:poss |
| 30 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 planning | obl |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 devices | cc |
| 32 | devices | device | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 tricks | conj |
| 33 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 scheme | obj |
| 34 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 scheme | nsubj |
| 35 | scheme | scheme | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 tricks | acl:relcl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 paths | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 paths | det |
| 38 | darkened | darken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 paths | amod |
| 39 | paths | path | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 scheme | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 paths | punct |
| 41 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 paths | det |
| 42 | darkened | darkened | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 paths | amod |
| 43 | paths | path | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 paths | nmod |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Evil | case |
| 45 | Evil | Evil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 paths | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 part | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | plan | present · progressive | our foes | Planning | foes's tricks and devices obl; what obj | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||
| 3 | plot | gerund | our foes not said here | against us | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | scheme | present | foes = foe | foes's tricks and devices | the darkened paths the darkened paths of Evil | tree rules | |||
| 5 | darken | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 7 | trick | foes = foe | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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