Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 43
This evil family dwelt Near the place that now is Saco, Upon the sandy field Which is in the Intervale, Or the summer bed of the river, Among the White Mountains, which lie Between Kèzitwâzuch, Or Mount Kearsarge the mighty, And Kchibenabesk The towering rock, and near Wʾnâgʾmeswuk Wigît The Home of the Water Elves.
Who acts: evil family, that, sandy field, Saco · What happens: dwell, be, lie, tower · To what, where: place, Saco, Intervale, Mount Kearsarge, Kèzitwâzuch
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 (evil family, that, sandy field, Saco), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 family | det |
| 2 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 family | amod |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dwelt | nsubj |
| 4 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Near | near | ADP | _ | 7 place | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 place | det |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dwelt | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 Saco | nsubj |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 Saco | advmod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 Saco | cop |
| 11 | Saco | Saco | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 place | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 field | punct |
| 13 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 16 field | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 field | det |
| 15 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 field | amod |
| 16 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Saco | appos |
| 17 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 Intervale | nsubj |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 Intervale | cop |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 Intervale | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Intervale | det |
| 21 | Intervale | Intervale | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 field | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 bed | punct |
| 23 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 26 bed | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 bed | det |
| 25 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 bed | compound |
| 26 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Intervale | appos |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 river | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 river | det |
| 29 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 bed | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Mountains | punct |
| 31 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 34 Mountains | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Mountains | det |
| 33 | White | White | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Mountains | compound |
| 34 | Mountains | Mountain | PROPN | Number=Plur | 11 Saco | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 lie | punct |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 lie | nsubj |
| 37 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 Saco | conj |
| 38 | Between | between | ADP | _ | 39 Kèzitwâzuch | case |
| 39 | Kèzitwâzuch | Kèzitwâzuch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 lie | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Kearsarge | punct |
| 41 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 43 Kearsarge | cc |
| 42 | Mount | Mount | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Kearsarge | compound |
| 43 | Kearsarge | Kearsarge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 lie | obl |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 mighty | det |
| 45 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 Kearsarge | amod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 Kchibenabesk | punct |
| 47 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 Kchibenabesk | cc |
| 48 | Kchibenabesk | Kchibenabesk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Kearsarge | conj |
| 49 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 rock | det |
| 50 | towering | tower | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 51 rock | amod |
| 51 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 Kchibenabesk | appos |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 Wʾnâgʾmeswuk | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 Wʾnâgʾmeswuk | cc |
| 54 | near | near | ADP | _ | 55 Wʾnâgʾmeswuk | case |
| 55 | Wʾnâgʾmeswuk | Wʾnâgʾmeswuk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Kchibenabesk | conj |
| 56 | Wigît | Wigît | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Wʾnâgʾmeswuk | flat |
| 57 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Home | det |
| 58 | Home | Home | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Wʾnâgʾmeswuk | appos |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 Elves | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 Elves | det |
| 61 | Water | Water | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 Elves | compound |
| 62 | Elves | Elf | PROPN | Number=Plur | 58 Home | nmod |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dwelt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dwell | past | this evil family | the place | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near place=Location | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | that | Saco and the White Mountains | now | the sandy field appos; the White Mountains conj | tree rules | ||
| 3 | is | present | the sandy field | the Intervale | the summer bed of the river appos | tree rules | |||
| 4 | lie | present | Saco and the White Mountains | Mount Kearsarge and Kchibenabesk and Wʾnâgʾmeswuk | Kèzitwâzuch | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between kèzitwâzuch=Location | |||
| 5 | tower | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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