Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 41
But, as they all grew older, And the Master began to hear On every side of their sins.
Who acts: Indians, Master · What happens: grow, begin, hear · To what, where: side
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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 grew | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 grew | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 grew | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 grew | nsubj |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 they | det |
| 6 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 grew | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 began | punct |
| 9 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 began | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Master | det |
| 11 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 began | nsubj |
| 12 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 grew | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 hear | mark |
| 14 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 began | xcomp |
| 15 | On | on | ADP | _ | 17 side | case |
| 16 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 side | det |
| 17 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hear | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 sins | case |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 sins | nmod:poss |
| 20 | sins | sin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 side | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | Indians = indian | old property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | begin | past | the Master | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | hear | to-infinitive | the Master not said here | every side of Indians's sins | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
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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