Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 13, sentence 57
When the great Kulóskap, The Lord of Beasts and Men, By power, for all his people And for the world, had subdued All of the evil things Which cursed the early time, Giants and sorcerers, Witches and devils dire, Fiends and every horror, All were silenced then.
Who acts: evil things, dire Fiends · What happens: subdue, curse, devil, silence · To what, where: great Kulóskap, dire Fiends, All
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 (evil things, dire Fiends), 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 | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 subdued | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Kulóskap | det |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Kulóskap | amod |
| 4 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 subdued | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Lord | punct |
| 6 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Lord | det |
| 7 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Kulóskap | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Beasts | case |
| 9 | Beasts | Beast | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 Lord | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Men | cc |
| 11 | Men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Kulóskap | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 power | punct |
| 13 | By | by | ADP | _ | 14 power | case |
| 14 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Kulóskap | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 people | punct |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 people | case |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 people | det:predet |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 people | nmod:poss |
| 19 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 power | appos |
| 20 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 world | cc |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 world | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 world | det |
| 23 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 people | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Kulóskap | punct |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 subdued | aux |
| 26 | subdued | subdue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 devils | advcl |
| 27 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 things | det |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 things | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 things | det |
| 30 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 things | amod |
| 31 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 subdued | obj |
| 32 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 cursed | nsubj |
| 33 | cursed | curse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 things | acl:relcl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 time | det |
| 35 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 time | amod |
| 36 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 cursed | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Giants | punct |
| 38 | Giants | Giant | PROPN | Number=Plur | 31 things | nmod |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 sorcerers | cc |
| 40 | sorcerers | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 Giants | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Witches | punct |
| 42 | Witches | witch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 sorcerers | conj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 devils | cc |
| 44 | devils | devil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 45 | dire | dire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 Fiends | amod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Fiends | punct |
| 47 | Fiends | fiend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 devils | obj |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 horror | cc |
| 49 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 horror | det |
| 50 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 Fiends | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 silenced | punct |
| 52 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 54 silenced | nsubj:pass |
| 53 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 silenced | aux:pass |
| 54 | silenced | silence | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 Fiends | acl |
| 55 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 54 silenced | advmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 44 devils | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | subdue | past · perfect · passive | the great Kulóskap and the Lord of Beasts and Men and power | all evil things Giants sorcerers and Witches obj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | curse | past | all evil things Giants sorcerers and Witches | time | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | devil | present | dire Fiends and every horror | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | silence | past · passive | dire Fiends and every horror not said here | All | then | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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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