Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 21
And so she played all her cajoleries, While he remained as grim as any bear, Replying with a growl to loving words; Till in a rage she changed her melody Into the curse which raises up the storm As if to show defiance of his power.
Who acts: passenger, Lord, curse · What happens: play, remain, reply, change, raise up, show · To what, where: cajoleries, melody, rage, storm, defiance
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 (passenger, Lord, curse), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 played | cc |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 played | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 played | nsubj |
| 4 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 cajoleries | advmod |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 cajoleries | nmod:poss |
| 7 | cajoleries | cajolery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 played | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 remained | punct |
| 9 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 remained | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 remained | nsubj |
| 11 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 played | conj |
| 12 | as | as | ADV | _ | 13 grim | advmod |
| 13 | grim | grim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 remained | xcomp |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 bear | case |
| 15 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 bear | det |
| 16 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 grim | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Replying | punct |
| 18 | Replying | reply | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 remained | advcl |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 growl | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 growl | det |
| 21 | growl | growl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Replying | obl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 words | case |
| 23 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 words | amod |
| 24 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 Replying | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 Till | punct |
| 26 | Till | Till | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 played | obl |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 rage | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 rage | det |
| 29 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 changed | obl |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 changed | nsubj |
| 31 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 played | parataxis |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 melody | nmod:poss |
| 33 | melody | melody | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 changed | obj |
| 34 | Into | into | ADP | _ | 36 curse | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 curse | det |
| 36 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 changed | obl |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 raises | nsubj |
| 38 | raises | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 curse | acl:relcl |
| 39 | up | up | ADP | _ | 38 raises | compound:prt |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 storm | det |
| 41 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 raises | obj |
| 42 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 45 show | mark |
| 43 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 45 show | mark |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 show | mark |
| 45 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 raises | advcl |
| 46 | defiance | defiance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 show | obj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 power | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 power | nmod:poss |
| 49 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 defiance | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 played | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | passenger | passenger's cajoleries | Till obl | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cajolery=Theme | |||
| 2 | remain | past | Lord | grim property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | reply speech: assert | gerund | Lord not said here | with a growl; to loving words | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with growl=Eventuality to word=Theme | ||||
| 4 | change | past | passenger | passenger's melody | a rage | into the curse result | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent melody=Patient into curse=Result | ||
| 5 | raise up | present | the curse | the storm | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme | ||||
| 6 | show | to-infinitive | the curse not said here | defiance of Lord's power | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent defiance=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | cajole | passenger | nom cajolery «communication 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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