Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 38
Then the Master kept on his way Till he met the giant Winpe-- The evil sorcerer Winpe Whom he slew in terrible battle.
Who acts: Master, evil · What happens: keep, meet, slay · To what, where: way, giant Winpe, terrible battle
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, evil), 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 | 4 kept | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Master | det |
| 3 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 way | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 way | nmod:poss |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obl |
| 8 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 10 met | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 met | nsubj |
| 10 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Winpe | det |
| 12 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Winpe | amod |
| 13 | Winpe | Winpe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 met | obj |
| 14 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 17 sorcerer | punct |
| 15 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 sorcerer | det |
| 16 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 sorcerer | amod |
| 17 | sorcerer | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Winpe | appos |
| 18 | Winpe | Winpe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 sorcerer | appos |
| 19 | Whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 slew | obj |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 slew | nsubj |
| 21 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 met | conj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 battle | case |
| 23 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 battle | amod |
| 24 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 slew | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 kept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | the Master | evil's way | then | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on way=Location | |||
| 2 | meet | past | evil | the giant Winpe | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent winpe=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | slay | past | evil | terrible battle | Whom obj | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=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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