Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 47
Then the giantess sister took The tail of a whale, and cooked it, And gave it to the stranger That he might eat it, when Just as it lay before him On the platter, and on his knees, The elder brother entered And saying: “This is too good For a beggar like you,” took it Away to his own wigwam.
Who acts: giantess sister, That, stranger, elder brother, This · What happens: take, cook, give, eat, lie, enter · To what, where: tail, stranger, platter, knees · 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 (giantess sister, That, stranger, elder brother), 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 | 5 took | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sister | det |
| 3 | giantess | giantess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sister | compound |
| 4 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tail | det |
| 7 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 whale | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 whale | det |
| 10 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tail | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cooked | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 cooked | cc |
| 13 | cooked | cook | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 cooked | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 gave | punct |
| 16 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 gave | cc |
| 17 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 gave | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 stranger | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 stranger | det |
| 21 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gave | obl |
| 22 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 25 eat | nsubj |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 eat | nsubj |
| 24 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 eat | aux |
| 25 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 gave | parataxis |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 eat | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 lay | punct |
| 28 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 lay | advmod |
| 29 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 32 lay | advmod |
| 30 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 32 lay | mark |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 lay | nsubj |
| 32 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 33 | before | before | ADP | _ | 34 him | case |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 lay | obl |
| 35 | On | on | ADP | _ | 37 platter | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 platter | det |
| 37 | platter | platter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 lay | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 entered | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 entered | cc |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 knees | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 knees | nmod:poss |
| 42 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 entered | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 knees | punct |
| 44 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 brother | det |
| 45 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 brother | amod |
| 46 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 entered | nsubj |
| 47 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 48 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 saying | cc |
| 49 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 47 entered | conj |
| 50 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 55 good | punct |
| 51 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 55 good | punct |
| 52 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 55 good | nsubj |
| 53 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 good | cop |
| 54 | too | too | ADV | _ | 55 good | advmod |
| 55 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 took | conj |
| 56 | For | for | ADP | _ | 58 beggar | case |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 beggar | det |
| 58 | beggar | beggar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 good | obl |
| 59 | like | like | ADP | _ | 60 you | case |
| 60 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 58 beggar | nmod |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
| 62 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
| 63 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 64 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 took | obj |
| 65 | Away | away | ADV | _ | 63 took | advmod |
| 66 | to | to | ADP | _ | 69 wigwam | case |
| 67 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 69 wigwam | nmod:poss |
| 68 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 wigwam | amod |
| 69 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 took | obl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the giantess sister | the tail of a whale | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | |||
| 2 | cook | past | the giantess sister not said here | tail | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | give | past | the giantess sister not said here | tail | the stranger | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to stranger=Recipient | |||
| 4 | eat | might | That | stranger | whale nsubj | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 5 | lie | past | stranger | the platter | before whale | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | |||
| 6 | enter | past | the elder brother | whale's knees | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | gerund | the elder brother not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | This | for a beggar like you; good property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | take away | past | the giantess sister not said here | stranger | to whale's own wigwam; away property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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