Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 79
Then the sorceress who was maddened, As you may well believe, With rage, pursued the Sable, Even as a starving wolf Chases a rabbit in winter: Nʾmokswes in great fear Cried, “Oh my elder brother!”
Who acts: you, rage, starving wolf, Nʾmokswes · What happens: madden, believe, pursue, starve, chase, cry · To what, where: sorceress, rage, Sable, rabbit, elder brother
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, rage, starving wolf, Nʾmokswes), 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 | 6 maddened | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sorceress | det |
| 3 | sorceress | sorceress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 maddened | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 maddened | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 maddened | aux:pass |
| 6 | maddened | madden | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 believe | punct |
| 8 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 believe | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 believe | nsubj |
| 10 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 believe | aux |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 believe | advmod |
| 12 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 maddened | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 rage | punct |
| 14 | With | with | ADP | _ | 15 rage | case |
| 15 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 believe | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 pursued | punct |
| 17 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 rage | acl:relcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Sable | det |
| 19 | Sable | Sable | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 pursued | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Chases | punct |
| 21 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 26 Chases | advmod |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 Chases | mark |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 wolf | det |
| 24 | starving | starve | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 wolf | amod |
| 25 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Chases | nsubj |
| 26 | Chases | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 believe | conj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 rabbit | det |
| 28 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Chases | obj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 winter | case |
| 30 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Chases | obl |
| 31 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 32 Nʾmokswes | punct |
| 32 | Nʾmokswes | Nʾmokswes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Cried | nsubj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 fear | case |
| 34 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 fear | amod |
| 35 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Nʾmokswes | nmod |
| 36 | Cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 maddened | parataxis |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 brother | punct |
| 38 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 brother | punct |
| 39 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 42 brother | discourse |
| 40 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 brother | nmod:poss |
| 41 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 brother | amod |
| 42 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Cried | obl |
| 43 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 maddened | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 maddened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | madden | past · passive | the sorceress | then | who nsubj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | believe | may | you | rage | well property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rage=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | pursue | past | rage not said here | the Sable | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sable=Theme | ||||
| 4 | starve | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | chase | present | a starving wolf | a rabbit | winter | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme | |||
| 6 | cry speech: express | past | Nʾmokswes in great fear | my elder brother | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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