Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 28
So the canoe and witch were changed as one To the great evil fish, and to this day The Indians when they see it, ever cry: “Behold the girl, who in the olden time Was punished by the Master.”
Who acts: Indians, Master · What happens: change, see, cry, punish · To what, where: canoe, girl · 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 (Indians, Master), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 7 changed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 canoe | det |
| 3 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 changed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 witch | cc |
| 5 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 canoe | conj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 changed | aux:pass |
| 7 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 one | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 changed | obl |
| 10 | To | to | ADP | _ | 14 fish | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fish | det |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fish | amod |
| 13 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fish | amod |
| 14 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 one | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 see | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 see | cc |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 day | case |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 day | det |
| 19 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 see | obl |
| 20 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Indians | det |
| 21 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 24 see | nsubj |
| 22 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 see | advmod |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 see | nsubj |
| 24 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 changed | parataxis |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 see | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 cry | punct |
| 27 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 28 cry | advmod |
| 28 | cry | cry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 24 see | parataxis |
| 29 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 33 girl | punct |
| 30 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 girl | punct |
| 31 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 33 girl | discourse |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 girl | det |
| 33 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 cry | parataxis |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 punished | punct |
| 35 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 time | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 time | det |
| 38 | olden | olden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 time | amod |
| 39 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 punished | obl |
| 40 | Was | Be | PROPN | Number=Plur | 41 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 girl | conj |
| 42 | by | by | ADP | _ | 44 Master | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Master | det |
| 44 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 punished | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 changed | punct |
| 46 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 changed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past · passive | the canoe and witch | as one to the great evil fish | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | present | the Indians | canoe | day | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | cry speech: express | infinitive | ever | the girl parataxis | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | punish in a quote | participle · passive | the Master | the girl | time | Was nsubj:pass | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
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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