Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 4
But when he had slain Winpe And saw them sitting in silence, Frightened like so many rabbits Before a hungry wild-cat, He laughed aloud and forgave them; For he was noble and generous, And cared for no small foe.
Who acts: Master, them · What happens: slay, see, sit, frighten, laugh, forgive · To what, where: Winpe, them, silence, rabbits
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 (Master, them), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 slain | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 slain | advmod |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 slain | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 slain | aux |
| 5 | slain | slay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | Winpe | Winpe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 slain | obj |
| 7 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 saw | cc |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 slain | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 saw | obj |
| 10 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 saw | xcomp |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 silence | case |
| 12 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sitting | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Frightened | punct |
| 14 | Frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 silence | acl |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 18 rabbits | case |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 many | advmod |
| 17 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 rabbits | amod |
| 18 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 Frightened | obl |
| 19 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 24 cat | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 cat | det |
| 21 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 cat | amod |
| 22 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 cat | amod |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 wild | punct |
| 24 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sitting | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 laughed | punct |
| 26 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 laughed | nsubj |
| 27 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 saw | parataxis |
| 28 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 27 laughed | advmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 forgave | cc |
| 30 | forgave | forgive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 laughed | conj |
| 31 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 forgave | obj |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 noble | punct |
| 33 | For | for | ADP | _ | 36 noble | case |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 noble | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 noble | cop |
| 36 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 slain | parataxis |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 generous | cc |
| 38 | generous | generous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 noble | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 cared | punct |
| 40 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 cared | cc |
| 41 | cared | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 noble | conj |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 foe | case |
| 43 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 45 foe | det |
| 44 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 foe | amod |
| 45 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 cared | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 slain | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slay | past · perfect | Master | Winpe | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent winpe=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | past | Master not said here | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sit | gerund | them = they not said here | silence | before a hungry wild cat | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location | |||
| 4 | frighten | participle | silence not said here | like many rabbits | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | laugh | past | Master | aloud property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | forgive | past | Master not said here | rabbits = rabbit | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 7 | is | past | Master | noble property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | be | Master not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | care | past | Master not said here | for no small foe | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for foe=Theme |
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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