Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 6
With all his evil will The sorcerer raised his strength And as it came he grew In giant stature, till His head was o’er the pines; And truly in those days The pines were higher far Than those we have to-day:
Who acts: sorcerer, strength, Winpe, head, days, we · What happens: raise, come, grow, be, have · To what, where: strength, giant stature
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 (sorcerer, strength, Winpe, head), 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 4 evil | case |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 evil | det:predet |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 evil | nmod:poss |
| 4 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 raised | obl |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 raised | aux |
| 6 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sorcerer | det |
| 7 | sorcerer | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 raised | nsubj |
| 8 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 strength | nmod:poss |
| 10 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 raised | obj |
| 11 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 came | cc |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 came | mark |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 came | nsubj |
| 14 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 raised | conj |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 grew | nsubj |
| 16 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 came | parataxis |
| 17 | In | in | ADP | _ | 19 stature | case |
| 18 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 stature | amod |
| 19 | stature | stature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 grew | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 o’er | punct |
| 21 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 25 o’er | mark |
| 22 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 head | nmod:poss |
| 23 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 o’er | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 o’er | cop |
| 25 | o’er | o' | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 grew | xcomp |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 pines | det |
| 27 | pines | pine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 o’er | nsubj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 higher | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 higher | cc |
| 30 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 33 days | advmod |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 days | case |
| 32 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 33 days | det |
| 33 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 higher | nsubj |
| 34 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 pines | det |
| 35 | pines | pine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 higher | nsubj |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 higher | cop |
| 37 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 raised | parataxis |
| 38 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 39 Than | advmod |
| 39 | Than | Than | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 higher | obl |
| 40 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 37 higher | obl |
| 41 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 have | nsubj |
| 42 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 those | acl:relcl |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 day | case |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 to | punct |
| 45 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 have | obl |
| 46 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 raised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | future | the sorcerer | Winpe's strength | with Winpe's evil | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent strength=Patient with evil=Instrument | |||
| 2 | come | past | strength | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | grow | past | Winpe | giant stature | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stature=Location | ||||
| 4 | is | past | Winpe's head | the pines nsubj; o' property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is | past | that days | Than obl; those obl; the pines nsubj; high property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | have | present | we | day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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