Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 46
Then the murdering brothers Who never spared a soul, Hearing that some one was talking, Peeped slyly in, and seeing A stranger so like their father That they knew not which was which, Said: “This is a great magician, But he shall be tried ere he goes, And that right bitterly.”
Who acts: murdering brothers, one, soul, This, father · What happens: not spare, talk, peep, see, not know, be · To what, where: soul, Hearing, stranger, great magician, father, murdering brothers · 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 (murdering brothers, one, soul, This), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 brothers | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brothers | det |
| 3 | murdering | murdering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brothers | compound |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 spared | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 spared | advmod |
| 7 | spared | spare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 brothers | acl:relcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 soul | det |
| 9 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spared | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Hearing | punct |
| 11 | Hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 soul | conj |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 talking | mark |
| 13 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 one | det |
| 14 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 talking | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 talking | aux |
| 16 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 Hearing | acl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Peeped | punct |
| 18 | Peeped | peep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 talking | conj |
| 19 | slyly | slyly | ADV | _ | 18 Peeped | advmod |
| 20 | in | in | ADV | _ | 18 Peeped | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 seeing | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 seeing | cc |
| 23 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 talking | conj |
| 24 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 stranger | det |
| 25 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 seeing | obj |
| 26 | so | so | ADV | _ | 23 seeing | advmod |
| 27 | like | like | ADP | _ | 29 father | case |
| 28 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 father | nmod:poss |
| 29 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 so | obl |
| 30 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 father | nmod |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 knew | nsubj |
| 32 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 That | acl:relcl |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 32 knew | advmod |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 which | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 which | cop |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 knew | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Said | punct |
| 38 | Said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 knew | parataxis |
| 39 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 magician | punct |
| 40 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 magician | punct |
| 41 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 magician | nsubj |
| 42 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 magician | cop |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 magician | det |
| 44 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 magician | amod |
| 45 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 Said | ccomp |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 tried | punct |
| 47 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 51 tried | cc |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 tried | nsubj |
| 49 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 tried | aux |
| 50 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 51 tried | aux:pass |
| 51 | tried | try | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 magician | conj |
| 52 | ere | ere | ADV | _ | 54 goes | advmod |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 goes | nsubj |
| 54 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 tried | ccomp |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 right | punct |
| 56 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 right | cc |
| 57 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 58 right | nsubj |
| 58 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 magician | parataxis |
| 59 | bitterly | bitterly | ADV | _ | 58 right | advmod |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 father | punct |
| 61 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 father | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not spare | past | the murdering brothers | a soul and Hearing | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent soul=Asset | ||||
| 2 | talk | past · progressive | some one | Hearing not said here | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent hearing=Patient | ||||
| 3 | peep | participle | some one not said here | slyly property | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | see | gerund | some one not said here | a stranger | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | not know | past | soul | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | is a | past | which nsubj | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 8 | is a in a quote | present | This | a great magician | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | try in a quote | shall · passive | father | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | go in a quote | present | father | ere property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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