Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 2
Then looking up at the Master With bleared and pitiful stare, She begged him to bring some fire-wood Which he did indeed, while knowing Who it was who was so disguised, For he knew it was Pûjinskwes And he laughed at her in his heart.
Who acts: death, sorcerer, wood · What happens: look up, blear, beg, bring, do, know · To what, where: sorcerer, fire wood, Pûjinskwes
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 (death, sorcerer, wood), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 looking | advmod |
| 2 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 begged | advcl |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 looking | compound:prt |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 Master | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Master | det |
| 6 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 looking | obl |
| 7 | With | with | ADP | _ | 11 stare | case |
| 8 | bleared | blear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 stare | amod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 pitiful | cc |
| 10 | pitiful | pitiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bleared | conj |
| 11 | stare | stare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looking | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 looking | punct |
| 13 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 begged | nsubj |
| 14 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 begged | obj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 bring | mark |
| 17 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 begged | xcomp |
| 18 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 21 wood | det |
| 19 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 wood | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 fire | punct |
| 21 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 bring | obj |
| 22 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 did | obj |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 did | nsubj |
| 24 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 wood | acl:relcl |
| 25 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 24 did | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 knowing | punct |
| 27 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 28 knowing | mark |
| 28 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 begged | advcl |
| 29 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 disguised | nsubj |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 disguised | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 disguised | aux:pass |
| 32 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 disguised | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 disguised | aux:pass |
| 34 | so | so | ADV | _ | 35 disguised | advmod |
| 35 | disguised | disguise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 knowing | ccomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 knew | punct |
| 37 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 39 knew | mark |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 knew | nsubj |
| 39 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 begged | parataxis |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 Pûjinskwes | nsubj |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 Pûjinskwes | cop |
| 42 | Pûjinskwes | Pûjinskwes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 knew | obl |
| 43 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 laughed | cc |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 laughed | nsubj |
| 45 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 knew | conj |
| 46 | at | at | ADP | _ | 47 her | case |
| 47 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 laughed | obl |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 heart | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 heart | nmod:poss |
| 50 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 laughed | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 begged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look up | gerund | death not said here | then | with bleared stare; at the Master | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at master=Theme | |||
| 2 | blear | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | beg speech: request | past | death | sorcerer | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | bring not said to happen | to-infinitive | death not said here | some fire wood | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | ||||
| 5 | do | past | sorcerer | some fire wood | indeed property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | know | gerund | death not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | disguise | past · passive | Who nsubj; wood nsubj:pass; who nsubj:pass | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 8 | know | past | sorcerer | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 9 | is a | past | wood | Pûjinskwes | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | laugh | past | sorcerer | at death; in sorcerer's heart | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in heart=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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