Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 4
They did what he required When Winpe came again, Till in a roaring rage He sought to take their lives; When lo! before their eyes The Master stood and gazed In aspect terrible, Upon his angry foe.
Who acts: sorcerers, Lord, Winpe, Master · What happens: do, require, come, roar, seek, take · To what, where: Till, roaring rage, lives, eyes
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 (sorcerers, Lord, Winpe, 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | obj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 required | nsubj |
| 5 | required | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | acl:relcl |
| 6 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 came | advmod |
| 7 | Winpe | Winpe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 required | advcl |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 came | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Till | punct |
| 11 | Till | Till | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 rage | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 rage | det |
| 14 | roaring | roar | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 rage | amod |
| 15 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Till | nmod |
| 16 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 sought | nsubj |
| 17 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 rage | acl:relcl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 take | mark |
| 19 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 sought | xcomp |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 lives | nmod:poss |
| 21 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 take | obj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 stood | punct |
| 23 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 31 stood | advmod |
| 24 | lo | lo | INTJ | _ | 31 stood | discourse |
| 25 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 24 lo | punct |
| 26 | before | before | ADP | _ | 28 eyes | case |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 28 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 stood | obl |
| 29 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Master | det |
| 30 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 stood | nsubj |
| 31 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 gazed | cc |
| 33 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 stood | conj |
| 34 | In | in | ADP | _ | 35 aspect | case |
| 35 | aspect | aspect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 gazed | obl |
| 36 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 gazed | xcomp |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 foe | punct |
| 38 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 41 foe | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 foe | nmod:poss |
| 40 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 foe | amod |
| 41 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 gazed | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | sorcerers = sorcerer | Till in a roaring rage | what obj | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | require | past | Lord | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | come | past | Winpe | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | roar | gerund | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | seek | past | Lord | a roaring rage not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | Lord not said here | sorcerers's lives | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ||||
| 7 | stand | past | the Master | sorcerers's eyes | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before eye=Location | ||||
| 8 | gaze | past | the Master not said here | upon Lord's angry foe; in aspect; terrible property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in aspect=Theme |
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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