Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 76
These three magicians wore Each one a collar of wampum Of purple beads and white, Wherefore the Chinames Has exactly round its neck Or below its head, the same, Distinctly marked and clear; They were mighty men in their day And great Mteolinwuk, But were tried before they went And that most bitterly.
Who acts: three magicians, Chinames, magicians · What happens: wear, have, mark, be, try, go · To what, where: one, neck, mighty men
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 (three magicians, Chinames, magicians), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 magicians | det |
| 2 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 magicians | nummod |
| 3 | magicians | magician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wore | nsubj |
| 4 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 one | det |
| 6 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wore | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 collar | det |
| 8 | collar | collar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wore | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 wampum | case |
| 10 | wampum | wampum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 collar | nmod |
| 11 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 13 beads | case |
| 12 | purple | purple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 beads | amod |
| 13 | beads | bead | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 wampum | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 white | cc |
| 15 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 beads | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Has | punct |
| 17 | Wherefore | wherefore | ADV | PronType=Int | 20 Has | advmod |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Chinames | det |
| 19 | Chinames | Chinames | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Has | nsubj |
| 20 | Has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 collar | acl:relcl |
| 21 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 24 neck | advmod |
| 22 | round | round | ADP | _ | 24 neck | case |
| 23 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 neck | nmod:poss |
| 24 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Has | obj |
| 25 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 28 head | cc |
| 26 | below | below | ADP | _ | 28 head | case |
| 27 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 head | nmod:poss |
| 28 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 neck | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 same | punct |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 same | det |
| 31 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 neck | parataxis |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 marked | punct |
| 33 | Distinctly | distinctly | ADV | _ | 34 marked | advmod |
| 34 | marked | mark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 same | conj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 clear | cc |
| 36 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 marked | conj |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 men | punct |
| 38 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 men | nsubj |
| 39 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 men | cop |
| 40 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 men | amod |
| 41 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wore | obl |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 day | case |
| 43 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 day | nmod:poss |
| 44 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 men | nmod |
| 45 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 Mteolinwuk | cc |
| 46 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 Mteolinwuk | amod |
| 47 | Mteolinwuk | Mteolinwuk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 day | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 tried | punct |
| 49 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 51 tried | cc |
| 50 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 tried | aux:pass |
| 51 | tried | try | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 wore | conj |
| 52 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 54 went | mark |
| 53 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 went | nsubj |
| 54 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 tried | obl:agent |
| 55 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 bitterly | cc |
| 56 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 58 bitterly | mark |
| 57 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 58 bitterly | nsubj |
| 58 | bitterly | bitterly | ADV | _ | 54 went | conj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 wore | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | this three magicians | each one | a collar of wampum of purple beads obj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | have | present | the Chinames | Chinames's neck or Chinames's head | wherefore property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient | |||
| 3 | mark | participle | the Chinames not said here | distinctly property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | magicians = magician | mighty men | day | tree rules | |||
| 5 | try | past · passive | this three magicians not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | go | past | magicians = magician | 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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