Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 29
When The Indian god came in, He sat in silence down; Then gave as welcoming A pipe unto his guest; And as they smoked, the host Told stories to the chief-- Tales of the olden time, In the old giant tongue.
Who acts: Indian god, god, snow, olden time · What happens: come in, sit down, give, welcome, smoke, tell · To what, where: silence, pipe, host, old giant tongue · 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 (Indian god, god, snow, olden time), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 came | mark |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 god | det |
| 3 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 god | amod |
| 4 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 sat | advcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADV | _ | 5 came | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
| 8 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sat | nsubj |
| 9 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 silence | case |
| 11 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sat | obl |
| 12 | down | down | ADV | _ | 9 sat | advmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 gave | punct |
| 14 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 gave | advmod |
| 15 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 sat | conj |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 welcoming | mark |
| 17 | welcoming | welcome | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 gave | advcl |
| 18 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 pipe | det |
| 19 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 welcoming | obj |
| 20 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 22 guest | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 guest | nmod:poss |
| 22 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 welcoming | obl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 Told | punct |
| 24 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 Told | cc |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 27 smoked | mark |
| 26 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 smoked | nsubj |
| 27 | smoked | smoke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 Told | advcl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 smoked | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 host | det |
| 30 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Told | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | Told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 sat | conj |
| 32 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 Told | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 chief | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 chief | det |
| 35 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Told | obl |
| 36 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 37 Tales | punct |
| 37 | Tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 chief | conj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 time | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 time | det |
| 40 | olden | olden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 time | amod |
| 41 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Tales | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 tongue | punct |
| 43 | In | in | ADP | _ | 47 tongue | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 tongue | det |
| 45 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 tongue | amod |
| 46 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 tongue | amod |
| 47 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Told | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sat | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | past | the Indian god | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sit down | past | god | silence | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location | |||
| 3 | give | past | god not said here | then | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | welcome | gerund | god not said here | a pipe | unto god's guest | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme | |||
| 5 | smoke | past | snow | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | tell speech: assert | participle · passive | the host | the old giant tongue | to the chief and Tales of the olden time; stories obj | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient story=Topic | |||
| 7 | tell | the olden time | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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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