Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 28
Then came an awful tumult Such as never before was seen In the land of the Wabanâki; All the earth and rocks around Were rent in the dreadful tumult And all the while the Master Cried merrily to his dogs: “Stop, stop!
Who acts: Master · What happens: come, see, cry, stop · To what, where: awful tumult, land · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Master), 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 came | advmod |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tumult | det |
| 4 | awful | awful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tumult | amod |
| 5 | tumult | tumult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obj |
| 6 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ | 11 seen | mark |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 Such | fixed |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 before | advmod |
| 9 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 as | conj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 seen | aux:pass |
| 11 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 tumult | acl |
| 12 | In | in | ADP | _ | 14 land | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 land | det |
| 14 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 seen | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Wabanâki | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Wabanâki | det |
| 17 | Wabanâki | Wabanâki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 land | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 earth | punct |
| 19 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 earth | det:predet |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 earth | det |
| 21 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 rocks | cc |
| 23 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 earth | conj |
| 24 | around | around | ADP | _ | 26 rent | case |
| 25 | Were | were | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 rent | amod |
| 26 | rent | rent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 earth | nmod |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 tumult | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 tumult | det |
| 29 | dreadful | dreadful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 tumult | amod |
| 30 | tumult | tumult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 rent | nmod |
| 31 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 all | cc |
| 32 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 rent | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Cried | det |
| 34 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 37 Cried | mark |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Master | det |
| 36 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Cried | nsubj |
| 37 | Cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 all | acl:relcl |
| 38 | merrily | merrily | ADV | _ | 37 Cried | advmod |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 dogs | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 dogs | nmod:poss |
| 41 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 merrily | obl |
| 42 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 44 Stop | punct |
| 43 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 Stop | punct |
| 44 | Stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 Cried | parataxis |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 stop | punct |
| 46 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 Stop | conj |
| 47 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a awful tumult | then | all earth around Were rent in the dreadful tumult and rocks obl | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tumult=Theme | |||
| 2 | see | past · passive | a awful tumult not said here | the land of the Wabanâki | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | ||||
| 3 | cry speech: express | past | the Master | merrily property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | stop in a quote | infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 5 | stop in a quote | infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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