Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 42
He said: “I will go among them And find if this be true; If it be so, they shall die-- I will not spare one of those Who oppress and devour mankind, I care not who he may be.”
Who acts: Master, this, family · What happens: say, go, find, be, not spare, oppress · To what, where: one, mankind · 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 (Master, this, family), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| 4 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 go | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 go | aux |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 8 | among | among | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 go | obl |
| 10 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 find | cc |
| 11 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 go | conj |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 true | mark |
| 13 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 true | nsubj |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 true | cop |
| 15 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 find | xcomp |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 die | punct |
| 17 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 24 die | mark |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 die | nsubj:outer |
| 19 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 die | cop |
| 20 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 die | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 die | punct |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 die | nsubj |
| 23 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 die | aux |
| 24 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 go | conj |
| 25 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 29 spare | punct |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 spare | nsubj |
| 27 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 spare | aux |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 spare | advmod |
| 29 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 go | conj |
| 30 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 spare | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 those | case |
| 32 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 30 one | nmod |
| 33 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 oppress | nsubj |
| 34 | oppress | oppress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 those | acl:relcl |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 devour | cc |
| 36 | devour | devour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 oppress | conj |
| 37 | mankind | mankind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 devour | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 care | punct |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 care | nsubj |
| 40 | care | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 go | advcl |
| 41 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 care | advmod |
| 42 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 be | obj |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 be | nsubj |
| 44 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 be | aux |
| 45 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 care | ccomp |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| 47 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Master | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | future | Master | among Indians = indian | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme among they=Location | ||||
| 3 | find in a quote | infinitive | Master not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | infinitive | this | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is in a quote | shall · infinitive | family | Indians = indian nsubj; die property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | not spare in a quote | future | Master | one of those | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent one=Asset | ||||
| 7 | oppress in a quote | infinitive | Who nsubj | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | devour in a quote | infinitive | mankind | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mankind=Patient | |||||
| 9 | not care in a quote | present | Master | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 10 | be in a quote | may | Master | who obj | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot who=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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