Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 108
When he came there it was night, And, finding Marten alone, He took him into the forest, Bidding him seek for game, Putting his belt on the boy; Which gave him such magic power That he killed both moose and bear, And brought all gayly home.
Who acts: song, most, That · What happens: come, be, find, take, bid, seek · To what, where: night, Marten, Kulóskap, forest, song, belt
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (song, most, That), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 came | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 took | advcl |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 came | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 night | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 night | cop |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 finding | punct |
| 9 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 finding | cc |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 finding | punct |
| 11 | finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 came | advcl |
| 12 | Marten | Marten | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 finding | obj |
| 13 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 11 finding | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| 15 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 took | nsubj |
| 16 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 took | obj |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 forest | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 forest | det |
| 20 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 took | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Bidding | punct |
| 22 | Bidding | bid | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 took | advcl |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 Bidding | obj |
| 24 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 Bidding | xcomp |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 game | case |
| 26 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 seek | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Putting | punct |
| 28 | Putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 Bidding | conj |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 belt | nmod:poss |
| 30 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Putting | obj |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 boy | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 boy | det |
| 33 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Putting | obl |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 gave | punct |
| 35 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 gave | nsubj |
| 36 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 took | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 gave | iobj |
| 38 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 power | amod |
| 39 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 power | compound |
| 40 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 gave | obj |
| 41 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 killed | nsubj |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 killed | nsubj |
| 43 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 gave | parataxis |
| 44 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 45 moose | cc:preconj |
| 45 | moose | moose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 killed | obj |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 bear | cc |
| 47 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 moose | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 brought | punct |
| 49 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 brought | cc |
| 50 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 took | conj |
| 51 | all | all | ADV | _ | 52 gayly | advmod |
| 52 | gayly | gayly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 home | amod |
| 53 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 brought | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | song | there | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | most | night | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | find | gerund | song not said here | Marten | alone property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marten=Topic | |||
| 4 | take | past | song | Kulóskap | the forest | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into forest=Destination | |||
| 5 | bid | gerund | song not said here | song | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | seek | infinitive | song not said here | for game | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for game=Theme | ||||
| 7 | put | gerund | song not said here | song's belt | on the boy | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent belt=Theme on boy=Destination | |||
| 8 | give | past | such magic power | song | Which nsubj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient power=Theme | |||
| 9 | kill | past | That | moose and bear | song nsubj | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moose=Theme | |||
| 10 | bring | past | song not said here | gayly home | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent home=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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