Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 40
Again as he returned He came unto the lodge Where grim old Winter lay, Who gayly welcomed him, Hoping to freeze the god Again into sleep, and hold Him very sternly there, Forever in his power.
Who acts: lord, Winter · What happens: return, come, lie, welcome, hope, freeze · To what, where: lord, god, sleep, power
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 (lord, Winter), 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 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 4 returned | advmod |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 returned | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 returned | nsubj |
| 4 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 returned | ccomp |
| 7 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 9 lodge | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lodge | det |
| 9 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | obl |
| 10 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 old | advmod |
| 11 | grim | grim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 old | amod |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lodge | amod |
| 13 | Winter | Winter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 lay | nsubj |
| 14 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 old | acl:relcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 welcomed | punct |
| 16 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 welcomed | nsubj |
| 17 | gayly | gayly | ADV | _ | 18 welcomed | advmod |
| 18 | welcomed | welcome | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 lay | advcl |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 welcomed | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Hoping | punct |
| 21 | Hoping | hope | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 welcomed | advcl |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 freeze | mark |
| 23 | freeze | freeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 Hoping | xcomp |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 god | det |
| 25 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 freeze | obj |
| 26 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 23 freeze | advmod |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 28 sleep | case |
| 28 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 freeze | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 hold | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 hold | cc |
| 31 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 lay | conj |
| 32 | Him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 hold | obj |
| 33 | very | very | ADV | _ | 34 sternly | advmod |
| 34 | sternly | sternly | ADV | _ | 35 there | advmod |
| 35 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 hold | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 power | punct |
| 37 | Forever | forever | ADV | _ | 40 power | advmod |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 power | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 power | nmod:poss |
| 40 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 hold | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 returned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | lord | again | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | past | lord | unto the lodge | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | lie | past | Winter | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | welcome | past | lord | Who nsubj; gayly property | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | hope | gerund | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | freeze not said to happen | to-infinitive | the god | sleep | again | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient god=Result | |||
| 7 | hold | infinitive | Winter not said here | lord | lord's power; there | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in power=Location |
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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