Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 5
But he foreseeing this Had taken as he came Cranberries from a swamp, And bidding her bend over, He took the imps from her hair, And every one as he took it Turned into a porcupine, Or else a terrible toad.
Who acts: sorcerer · What happens: foresee, take, come, bid over, turn · To what, where: this, Cranberries, swamp, bend, imps, hair
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 (sorcerer), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 foreseeing | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 foreseeing | nsubj |
| 3 | foreseeing | foresee | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 took | advcl |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | Had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 taken | aux |
| 6 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 foreseeing | xcomp |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 came | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 taken | advcl |
| 10 | Cranberries | cranberry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 came | obj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 swamp | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 swamp | det |
| 13 | swamp | swamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bidding | punct |
| 15 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 bidding | cc |
| 16 | bidding | bid | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 foreseeing | conj |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 bend | nmod:poss |
| 18 | bend | bend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bidding | obj |
| 19 | over | over | ADV | _ | 16 bidding | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 foreseeing | punct |
| 21 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 took | nsubj |
| 22 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 imps | det |
| 24 | imps | imp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 took | obj |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 27 hair | case |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 hair | nmod:poss |
| 27 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 took | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Turned | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 Turned | cc |
| 30 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 one | det |
| 31 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Turned | nsubj |
| 32 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 34 took | mark |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 took | nsubj |
| 34 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 Turned | aux:pass |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 took | obj |
| 36 | Turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 took | conj |
| 37 | into | into | ADP | _ | 39 porcupine | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 porcupine | det |
| 39 | porcupine | porcupine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Turned | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 toad | punct |
| 41 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 45 toad | cc |
| 42 | else | else | ADV | _ | 45 toad | advmod |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 toad | det |
| 44 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 toad | amod |
| 45 | toad | toad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 porcupine | conj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | foresee | gerund | sorcerer | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take | past · perfect · passive | this | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | come | past | sorcerer | Cranberries | a swamp | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cranberry=Theme | |||
| 4 | bid over | gerund | sorcerer not said here | waagûkw's bend | over property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | take | past | sorcerer | the imps | waagûkw's hair | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent imp=Theme from hair=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | turn | past · passive | every one | into a porcupine or a terrible toad result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into porcupine=Result |
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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