Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 23
Little they knew of the magic, The new and wonderful magic Of reading the thoughts of men, Which the Lord had brought into the land, Unknown to the witches of yore; So as they came wooing round him With smiles and wanton glances, He smiled, as if all he wanted Of them, was to be won!
Who acts: entrails, new magic, Lord · What happens: know, read, bring, come, woo, smile · To what, where: Little, thoughts, men, land
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 (entrails, new magic, Lord), 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 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 knew | obl |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 magic | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 magic | det |
| 6 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 magic | punct |
| 8 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 magic | det |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 magic | amod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 wonderful | cc |
| 11 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 new | conj |
| 12 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 magic | parataxis |
| 13 | Of | of | SCONJ | _ | 14 reading | mark |
| 14 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 magic | acl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 thoughts | det |
| 16 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 reading | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 men | case |
| 18 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 thoughts | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 brought | punct |
| 20 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Lord | det |
| 22 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 brought | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 brought | aux |
| 24 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 men | acl:relcl |
| 25 | into | into | ADP | _ | 27 land | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 land | det |
| 27 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 brought | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Unknown | punct |
| 29 | Unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 land | amod |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 witches | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 witches | det |
| 32 | witches | witch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 Unknown | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 yore | case |
| 34 | yore | yore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 witches | nmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 came | punct |
| 36 | So | so | ADV | _ | 39 came | advmod |
| 37 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 came | mark |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 came | nsubj |
| 39 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 knew | conj |
| 40 | wooing | woo | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 came | advcl |
| 41 | round | round | ADP | _ | 42 him | case |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 wooing | obl |
| 43 | With | with | ADP | _ | 44 smiles | case |
| 44 | smiles | smile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 wooing | obl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 glances | cc |
| 46 | wanton | wanton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 glances | compound |
| 47 | glances | glance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 smiles | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 smiled | punct |
| 49 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 smiled | nsubj |
| 50 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 came | parataxis |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 all | punct |
| 52 | as | as | ADP | _ | 54 all | case |
| 53 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 54 all | mark |
| 54 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 smiled | obl |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 wanted | nsubj |
| 56 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 all | acl:relcl |
| 57 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 58 them | case |
| 58 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 wanted | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 won | punct |
| 60 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 won | aux:pass |
| 61 | to | to | PART | _ | 63 won | mark |
| 62 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 63 won | aux:pass |
| 63 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 smiled | conj |
| 64 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | entrails = entrail | Little | the magic the new magic obj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer magic=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | read | gerund | the new magic not said here | the thoughts of men | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Topic | ||||
| 3 | bring | past · perfect · passive | men | the land | the Lord nsubj | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into land=Destination | |||
| 4 | come | past | entrails = entrail | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | woo | gerund | entrails = entrail not said here | round Lord; with smiles and wanton glances | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | smile | past | Lord | as all | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | want | past | Lord | of entrails = entrail | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 8 | win | past · passive | Lord not said here | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V» | |||||
| 9 | 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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