Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 12, sentence 93
Though another legend has it That, as during all her life She had tormented men With her insatiate longing, She was changed to a mosquito Which preys on them in the night, The blood-thirsty stinging Tʾsiso Ever a-stinging and singing: “Give me thy life and blood.”
Who acts: legend · What happens: have, torment, change, sting, sing, give · To what, where: tree, legend, life, me · 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 (legend), 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 | Though | though | SCONJ | _ | 4 has | mark |
| 2 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 legend | det |
| 3 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 changed | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 has | obj |
| 6 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 it | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 life | punct |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 life | case |
| 9 | during | during | ADP | _ | 12 life | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 life | det:predet |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 life | nmod:poss |
| 12 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | conj |
| 13 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 tormented | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 tormented | aux |
| 15 | tormented | torment | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 life | parataxis |
| 16 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 tormented | obj |
| 17 | With | with | ADP | _ | 20 longing | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 longing | nmod:poss |
| 19 | insatiate | insatiate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 longing | amod |
| 20 | longing | longing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 tormented | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| 22 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 changed | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 changed | aux:pass |
| 24 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 mosquito | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 mosquito | det |
| 27 | mosquito | mosquito | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 changed | obl |
| 28 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 29 preys | det |
| 29 | preys | prey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 mosquito | appos |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 them | case |
| 31 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 preys | nmod |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 night | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 night | det |
| 34 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 preys | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 Tʾsiso | punct |
| 36 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 Tʾsiso | det |
| 37 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 thirsty | compound |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 blood | punct |
| 39 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 Tʾsiso | amod |
| 40 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 Tʾsiso | amod |
| 41 | Tʾsiso | Tʾsiso | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 preys | nmod |
| 42 | Ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 43 a | advmod |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 Tʾsiso | conj |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 stinging | punct |
| 45 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 43 a | conj |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 singing | cc |
| 47 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 stinging | conj |
| 48 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 50 Give | punct |
| 49 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 50 Give | punct |
| 50 | Give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 singing | ccomp |
| 51 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 Give | iobj |
| 52 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 53 life | nmod:poss |
| 53 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Give | obj |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 blood | cc |
| 55 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 life | conj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 changed | punct |
| 57 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 changed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | another legend | tree | legend's life conj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 2 | torment | past · perfect · passive | legend | with legend's insatiate longing; men obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer man=Result | ||||
| 3 | change | past · passive | legend | to a mosquito | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 4 | sting | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 5 | sting | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 6 | sing speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 7 | give in a quote | infinitive | thy life and blood | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient life=Theme | ||||
| 8 | long | legend | nom longing «feeling intransitive»: poss=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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