Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 91
There came one day to the Master A great and evil magician Who sought to take his life, As the Master at once perceived; For he read the thoughts of men As though they were strings of wampum-- Seeing deep into every heart.
Who acts: great magician, Master, thoughts · What happens: come, seek, take, perceive, read, be · To what, where: great magician, Master, life, thoughts, heart, 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 (great magician, Master, thoughts), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 came | expl |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 day | nummod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Master | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Master | det |
| 7 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| 8 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 magician | det |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 magician | amod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 evil | cc |
| 11 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 great | conj |
| 12 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 sought | nsubj |
| 14 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 magician | acl:relcl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 take | mark |
| 16 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 sought | xcomp |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 life | nmod:poss |
| 18 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 take | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Master | punct |
| 20 | As | as | ADP | _ | 22 Master | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Master | det |
| 22 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 take | conj |
| 23 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 25 perceived | mark |
| 24 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 25 perceived | advmod |
| 25 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 take | advcl |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 read | punct |
| 27 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 29 read | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 read | nsubj |
| 29 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | parataxis |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 thoughts | det |
| 31 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 read | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 men | case |
| 33 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 thoughts | nmod |
| 34 | As | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 38 strings | case |
| 35 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 34 As | fixed |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 strings | nsubj |
| 37 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 strings | cop |
| 38 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 read | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 wampum | case |
| 40 | wampum | wampum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 strings | nmod |
| 41 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 42 Seeing | punct |
| 42 | Seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 read | advcl |
| 43 | deep | deep | ADV | _ | 42 Seeing | advmod |
| 44 | into | into | ADP | _ | 46 heart | case |
| 45 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 heart | det |
| 46 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Seeing | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a great magician | the Master; there | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to master=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | seek | past | a great magician | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | a great magician not said here | Master's life | the Master conj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | |||
| 4 | perceive | participle | a great magician not said here | once property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | read | past | Master | the thoughts of men | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Topic | ||||
| 6 | is | past | thoughts = thought | as strings; of wampum | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | see | gerund | Master not said here | every heart | deep property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 8 | think | men | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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