Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 4
Now all the _waagûkw_ were devils, The spirits of every poison, Which she thought had such a power As must even kill the Master.
Who acts: spirits, waagûkw · What happens: be, think, have, kill · To what, where: devils, power, Master
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 (spirits, waagûkw), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 had | advmod |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 waagûkw | det:predet |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 waagûkw | det |
| 4 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 5 waagûkw | punct |
| 5 | waagûkw | waagûkw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 had | nsubj |
| 6 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 8 devils | punct |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 devils | cop |
| 8 | devils | devil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 had | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 spirits | punct |
| 10 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 spirits | det |
| 11 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 devils | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 poison | case |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 poison | det |
| 14 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spirits | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 thought | punct |
| 16 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 thought | nsubj |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 thought | nsubj |
| 18 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 spirits | acl:relcl |
| 19 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 22 power | det:predet |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 power | det |
| 22 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 had | obj |
| 23 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 kill | mark |
| 24 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 kill | aux |
| 25 | even | even | ADV | _ | 26 kill | advmod |
| 26 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 had | advcl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Master | det |
| 28 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 kill | obj |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | devils and the spirits of every poison | the spirits of every poison conj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | the spirits of every poison | waagûkw nsubj | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | have | past | all waagûkw | such power | now | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | |||
| 4 | kill | must | all waagûkw not said here | the Master | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=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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