Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 38
All Pulled gayly at the end; But as he ran, he let The cord run out, and they Were ever left behind, Because by magic power The moose-cord had no end!
Who acts: many, cord · What happens: pull, run, let, run out, leave behind, have · To what, where: All, end, elves
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 (many, cord), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 Pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | Pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | gayly | gayly | ADV | _ | 2 Pulled | advmod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 end | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 end | det |
| 6 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Pulled | obl |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 let | punct |
| 8 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 let | cc |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 ran | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 ran | nsubj |
| 11 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 let | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ran | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 let | nsubj |
| 14 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Pulled | parataxis |
| 15 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 cord | det |
| 16 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 run | nsubj |
| 17 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 let | xcomp |
| 18 | out | out | ADP | _ | 17 run | compound:prt |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 left | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 left | cc |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 left | nsubj |
| 22 | Were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 left | aux:pass |
| 23 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 24 left | advmod |
| 24 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 let | xcomp |
| 25 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 24 left | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 had | punct |
| 27 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 35 had | mark |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 power | case |
| 29 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 power | amod |
| 30 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 had | obl |
| 31 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 cord | det |
| 32 | moose | moose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 cord | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 moose | punct |
| 34 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 power | conj |
| 35 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 let | conj |
| 36 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 37 end | det |
| 37 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 had | obj |
| 38 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Pulled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | participle · passive | All | at the end | gayly property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at end=Asset | |||
| 2 | run | past | many | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | let | past | many | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | run out | present | the cord | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | leave behind | past · passive | elves = elf | ever | behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 6 | have | past | many not said here | no end | by magic power and the moose cord | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=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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