Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 11, sentence 92
Now this evil magician thought, By first amazing the Master Through some wonderful trick, to weaken The will which gave him strength; As they say a fish is frightened When he sees that his foe swims faster, And is too much alarmed to fight.
Who acts: thoughts, Master, foe · What happens: weaken, give, say, frighten, see, swim · To what, where: strength, Master, fish, much, evil magician thought · 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 (thoughts, Master, foe), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 thought | advmod |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thought | amod |
| 4 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thought | compound |
| 5 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 amazing | punct |
| 7 | By | by | ADP | _ | 9 amazing | case |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 amazing | advmod |
| 9 | amazing | amazing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thought | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Master | det |
| 11 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 amazing | nsubj |
| 12 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 15 trick | case |
| 13 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 15 trick | det |
| 14 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 trick | amod |
| 15 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 amazing | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 weaken | punct |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 weaken | mark |
| 18 | weaken | weaken | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 amazing | parataxis |
| 19 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 gave | det |
| 20 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 gave | aux |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 gave | nsubj |
| 22 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 weaken | ccomp |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 gave | iobj |
| 24 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 gave | obj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 say | punct |
| 26 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 say | mark |
| 27 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 say | nsubj |
| 28 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 weaken | parataxis |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 fish | det |
| 30 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 frightened | aux:pass |
| 32 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 say | ccomp |
| 33 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 35 sees | mark |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 sees | nsubj |
| 35 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 frightened | advcl |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 swims | mark |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 foe | nmod:poss |
| 38 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 swims | nsubj |
| 39 | swims | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 sees | ccomp |
| 40 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 39 swims | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 alarmed | punct |
| 42 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 alarmed | cc |
| 43 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 alarmed | aux:pass |
| 44 | too | too | ADV | _ | 45 much | advmod |
| 45 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 alarmed | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | alarmed | alarm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 say | conj |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 fight | mark |
| 48 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 alarmed | xcomp |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weaken | to-infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | give | future | strength | Master | which nsubj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient strength=Theme | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | thoughts = thought | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | frighten | present · passive | a fish | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | see | present | Master | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | swim | present | Master's foe | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | alarm | present · passive | much | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | fight | to-infinitive | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: 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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