Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 7
And, “I have,” replied the Master; Then, “Crush it,” was her answer, So then he crushed a berry, And Pûjinskwes, hearing the sound, Thought to herself: “The poison Which is now upon his fingers Will soon be in his heart, And death will follow after.”
Who acts: Master, sorcerer, Pûjinskwes, poison · What happens: have, reply, crush, be, hear, think · To what, where: Master, answer, berry, sound, waagûkw, heart · 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, sorcerer, Pûjinskwes, poison), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 replied | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 replied | punct |
| 3 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 replied | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 replied | parataxis |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
| 8 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Master | det |
| 10 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 replied | obj |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 Crush | punct |
| 12 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 Crush | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Crush | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Crush | punct |
| 15 | Crush | crush | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 answer | csubj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 Crush | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Crush | punct |
| 18 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Crush | punct |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 answer | cop |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 answer | nmod:poss |
| 21 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 replied | parataxis |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 crushed | punct |
| 23 | So | so | ADV | _ | 26 crushed | advmod |
| 24 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 26 crushed | advmod |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 crushed | nsubj |
| 26 | crushed | crush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 replied | conj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 berry | det |
| 28 | berry | berry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 crushed | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 follow | punct |
| 30 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 follow | cc |
| 31 | Pûjinskwes | Pûjinskwes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 follow | nsubj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 hearing | punct |
| 33 | hearing | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 Pûjinskwes | acl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 sound | det |
| 35 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 hearing | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Thought | punct |
| 37 | Thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 sound | acl |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 herself | case |
| 39 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 37 Thought | obl |
| 40 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 55 heart | punct |
| 41 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 55 heart | punct |
| 42 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 poison | det |
| 43 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 heart | nsubj |
| 44 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 fingers | nsubj |
| 45 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 fingers | cop |
| 46 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 49 fingers | advmod |
| 47 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 49 fingers | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 fingers | nmod:poss |
| 49 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 poison | acl:relcl |
| 50 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 heart | aux |
| 51 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 55 heart | advmod |
| 52 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 55 heart | cop |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 heart | case |
| 54 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 heart | nmod:poss |
| 55 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Pûjinskwes | appos |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 follow | punct |
| 57 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 follow | cc |
| 58 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 follow | nsubj |
| 59 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 follow | aux |
| 60 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 replied | parataxis |
| 61 | after | after | ADV | _ | 60 follow | advmod |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 60 follow | punct |
| 63 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 60 follow | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | the Master = master | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | reply speech: assert | past | the Master | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | crush in a quote | infinitive | Master | then | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 4 | be speech: assert | past | waagûkw's answer | waagûkw nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | crush | past | sorcerer | a berry | then | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient | |||
| 6 | hear | gerund | Pûjinskwes not said here | the sound | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | think speech: other | participle | the sound not said here | waagûkw | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | the poison | now | upon sorcerer's fingers; sorcerer nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 9 | is in a quote | future | the poison | sorcerer's heart | sorcerer nmod:poss; soon property | tree rules | |||
| 10 | follow in a quote | future | Pûjinskwes | death nsubj; after property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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