Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 76
“And when you are there,” he said, “Build up a mighty fire, A fire of hemlock bark, And take the Pitcher’s babe, Whom she so dearly loves, And has given to you to tend, And throw it into the fire; Then run to me for your life, For verily thou wilt be In direst need to do it.”
Who acts: you, Brother, mother, thou, direst · What happens: be, say, build up, take, love, give · To what, where: mighty fire, babe, you, fire, Brother, hemlock bark · 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 (you, Brother, mother, thou), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 2 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 there | cc |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 there | advmod |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 there | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 there | cop |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 said | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 there | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 there | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Build | punct |
| 12 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Build | punct |
| 13 | Build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 Build | compound:prt |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 fire | det |
| 16 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 fire | amod |
| 17 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Build | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 fire | punct |
| 19 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 fire | det |
| 20 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Build | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 bark | case |
| 22 | hemlock | hemlock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 bark | compound |
| 23 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 fire | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 take | punct |
| 25 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 take | cc |
| 26 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Pitcher | det |
| 28 | Pitcher | Pitcher | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 babe | nmod:poss |
| 29 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 28 Pitcher | case |
| 30 | babe | babe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 take | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 loves | punct |
| 32 | Whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 loves | obj |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 loves | nsubj |
| 34 | so | so | ADV | _ | 36 loves | advmod |
| 35 | dearly | dearly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 loves | amod |
| 36 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 babe | acl:relcl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 given | punct |
| 38 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 given | cc |
| 39 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 given | aux |
| 40 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 said | conj |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 you | case |
| 42 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 given | obl |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 tend | mark |
| 44 | tend | tend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 given | advcl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 throw | punct |
| 46 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 throw | cc |
| 47 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 40 given | parataxis |
| 48 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 throw | obj |
| 49 | into | into | ADP | _ | 51 fire | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 fire | det |
| 51 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 throw | obl |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 run | punct |
| 53 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 54 run | advmod |
| 54 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | parataxis |
| 55 | to | to | ADP | _ | 56 me | case |
| 56 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 run | obl |
| 57 | for | for | ADP | _ | 59 life | case |
| 58 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 life | nmod:poss |
| 59 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 run | obl |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 direst | punct |
| 61 | For | for | ADP | _ | 67 direst | case |
| 62 | verily | verily | ADV | _ | 67 direst | advmod |
| 63 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 67 direst | nsubj |
| 64 | wilt | will | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 67 direst | aux |
| 65 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 67 direst | cop |
| 66 | In | in | ADP | _ | 67 direst | case |
| 67 | direst | dire | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 68 need | nsubj |
| 68 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 run | parataxis |
| 69 | to | to | PART | _ | 70 do | mark |
| 70 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 need | xcomp |
| 71 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 do | obj |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 73 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | you | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | build up in a quote | infinitive | a mighty fire | a fire of hemlock bark obl | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer fire=Patient | ||||
| 4 | take in a quote | infinitive | the Pitcher's babe | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent babe=Theme | |||||
| 5 | love in a quote | present | mother | the Pitcher's babe | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | give in a quote | present · perfect | Brother not said here | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | tend in a quote | to-infinitive | Brother not said here | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | throw in a quote | infinitive | babe | into the fire result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into fire=Result | ||||
| 9 | run in a quote | infinitive | Brother | then | for your life | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to i=Result | |||
| 10 | is in a quote | future | thou | dire, verily property | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | need in a quote | present | direst | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 12 | do not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | direst not said here | babe | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 13 | fire in a quote | hemlock bark | nom fire «event transitive»: of=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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