Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 18
It chanced that great Kulóskap met a witch, An evil being who had made herself Look like a fair young girl, and that so well By all the deepest art of sorcery, That she was sure the Lord could never see Through her disguise--wherein she was a fool, Because he read her at a single glance.
Who acts: story, great Kulóskap, An, That, Lord, Kulóskap · What happens: chance, meet, make, look, be, not see · To what, where: witch, An, disguise, fool, Kulóskap, single glance
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 (story, great Kulóskap, An, That), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 chanced | nsubj |
| 2 | chanced | chance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 met | mark |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Kulóskap | amod |
| 5 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 met | nsubj |
| 6 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 chanced | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 witch | det |
| 8 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 met | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 made | punct |
| 10 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 made | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 made | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 made | aux:pass |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 made | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 made | aux |
| 15 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 chanced | parataxis |
| 16 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 15 made | obj |
| 17 | Look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 made | xcomp |
| 18 | like | like | ADP | _ | 22 girl | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 girl | det |
| 20 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 girl | amod |
| 21 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 girl | amod |
| 22 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Look | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 art | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 art | cc |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 art | nsubj |
| 26 | so | so | ADV | _ | 27 well | advmod |
| 27 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 32 art | advmod |
| 28 | By | by | ADP | _ | 32 art | case |
| 29 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 art | det:predet |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 art | det |
| 31 | deepest | deep | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 32 art | amod |
| 32 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chanced | parataxis |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 sorcery | case |
| 34 | sorcery | sorcery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 art | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 sure | punct |
| 36 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 sure | nsubj |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 sure | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 sure | cop |
| 39 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 chanced | parataxis |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 Lord | det |
| 41 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 see | nsubj |
| 42 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 see | aux |
| 43 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 44 see | advmod |
| 44 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 sure | ccomp |
| 45 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 47 disguise | case |
| 46 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 disguise | nmod:poss |
| 47 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 see | obl |
| 48 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 53 fool | punct |
| 49 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 53 fool | advmod |
| 50 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 fool | nsubj |
| 51 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 fool | cop |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 fool | det |
| 53 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 disguise | conj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 read | punct |
| 55 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 57 read | mark |
| 56 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 read | nsubj |
| 57 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 see | parataxis |
| 58 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 read | obj |
| 59 | at | at | ADP | _ | 62 glance | case |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 glance | det |
| 61 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 glance | amod |
| 62 | glance | glance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 read | obl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 chanced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chance | past | story | all deepest art that of sorcery parataxis | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | meet | past | great Kulóskap | a witch | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | make | gerund · perfect · passive | An | who nsubj; Kulóskap obj | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | look | infinitive | An not said here | like a fair young girl | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | is | past | That | Kulóskap nsubj; sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | not see | could | the Lord | Kulóskap's disguise and a fool | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | is a | past | Kulóskap | a fool | wherein property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | read | past | Lord | Kulóskap | a single glance | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent she=Theme at glance=Value |
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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