Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 14, sentence 134
The Mohawks held a council by the fire Discussing how to torture best the twain, So as to see their frenzy, and enjoy With gloating satisfaction every pain.
Who acts: Mohawks, fire · What happens: hold, discuss, torture, see, enjoy, gloat · To what, where: council, best twain, frenzy, satisfaction
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mohawks, fire), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Mohawks | det |
| 2 | Mohawks | mohawk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 held | nsubj |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 council | det |
| 5 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 fire | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fire | det |
| 8 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obl |
| 9 | Discussing | discuss | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 fire | acl |
| 10 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 torture | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 torture | mark |
| 12 | torture | torture | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 Discussing | xcomp |
| 13 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 twain | amod |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 twain | det |
| 15 | twain | twain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 torture | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 see | punct |
| 17 | So | so | ADV | _ | 20 see | advmod |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 see | mark |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 see | mark |
| 20 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 held | parataxis |
| 21 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 frenzy | nmod:poss |
| 22 | frenzy | frenzy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 see | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 enjoy | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 enjoy | cc |
| 25 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 20 see | conj |
| 26 | With | with | SCONJ | _ | 27 gloating | mark |
| 27 | gloating | gloat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 enjoy | advcl |
| 28 | satisfaction | satisfaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 gloating | obj |
| 29 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 pain | det |
| 30 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 gloating | obj |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 held | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | the Mohawks | a council | by the fire | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent council=Theme by fire=Location | |||
| 2 | discuss speech: other | gerund | the fire not said here | vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | torture | to-infinitive | the fire not said here | the best twain | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus twain=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | see | to-infinitive | Mohawks's frenzy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer frenzy=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | enjoy | infinitive | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 6 | gloat | gerund | satisfaction | every pain obj | tree rules |
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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