Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 120
He said, “I am Aʿtosis, The King of all the Serpents”; Little she cared for his nature, She talked with him of love, She returned his fond embraces; Every day she came to meet him, And often in the night.
Who acts: man, Passion · What happens: say, be, care, talk, return, come · To what, where: Aʿtosis, Little, fond embraces, man · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, Passion), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Aʿtosis | punct |
| 4 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Aʿtosis | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 Aʿtosis | nsubj |
| 6 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Aʿtosis | cop |
| 7 | Aʿtosis | Aʿtosis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 King | punct |
| 9 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 King | det |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Aʿtosis | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Serpents | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 Serpents | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Serpents | det |
| 14 | Serpents | serpent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 King | nmod |
| 15 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Aʿtosis | punct |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 cared | punct |
| 17 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 cared | obl |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 cared | nsubj |
| 19 | cared | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | conj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 nature | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 nature | nmod:poss |
| 22 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 cared | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 talked | punct |
| 24 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 talked | nsubj |
| 25 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | conj |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 him | case |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 talked | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 love | case |
| 29 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 talked | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 returned | punct |
| 31 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 returned | nsubj |
| 32 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 talked | conj |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 embraces | nmod:poss |
| 34 | fond | fond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 embraces | amod |
| 35 | embraces | embrace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 returned | obj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 came | punct |
| 37 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 38 day | det |
| 38 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 came | obl:unmarked |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 came | nsubj |
| 40 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | conj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 meet | mark |
| 42 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 came | xcomp |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 meet | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 night | punct |
| 45 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 night | cc |
| 46 | often | often | ADV | _ | 49 night | advmod |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 night | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 night | det |
| 49 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 came | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | man | Aʿtosis | the King of all Serpents appos | tree rules | |||
| 3 | care | past | Passion | Little | for man's nature | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for nature=Theme | |||
| 4 | talk | past | Passion | with man; of love | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 5 | return | past | Passion | man's fond embraces | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embrace=Theme | ||||
| 6 | come | past | Passion | day; night | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | meet | to-infinitive | Passion not said here | man | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 8 | embrace | man | nom embrace «act transitive»: 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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