Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 14, sentence 142
But when to crown the horror of the whole They saw the wizard put the glowing pot On his own head and leap about in glee, They all took flight in terror to the woods.
Who acts: Indians, wizard · What happens: crown, see, put, glow, leap, take · To what, where: horror, glowing pot, own head, flight, terror · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Indians, wizard), 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 | _ | 4 crown | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 crown | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 crown | mark |
| 4 | crown | crown | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 horror | det |
| 6 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crown | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 whole | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 whole | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 horror | nmod |
| 10 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 saw | nsubj |
| 11 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 whole | acl:relcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 wizard | det |
| 13 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 put | nsubj |
| 14 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 saw | ccomp |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 pot | det |
| 16 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 pot | amod |
| 17 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 put | obj |
| 18 | On | on | ADP | _ | 21 head | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 head | nmod:poss |
| 20 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 head | amod |
| 21 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 put | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 leap | cc |
| 23 | leap | leap | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 put | conj |
| 24 | about | about | ADP | _ | 26 glee | case |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 glee | case |
| 26 | glee | glee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 leap | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 took | punct |
| 28 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 took | nsubj |
| 29 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 took | advmod |
| 30 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 crown | parataxis |
| 31 | flight | flight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 took | obj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 terror | case |
| 33 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 took | obl |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 woods | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 woods | det |
| 36 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 took | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 crown | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crown | to-infinitive | the horror of the whole | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horror=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | past | Indians = indian | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | put | past | the wizard | the glowing pot | wizard's own head | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent pot=Theme on head=Destination | |||
| 4 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | leap | infinitive | the wizard not said here | about glee | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about glee=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | take | past | Indians = indian | flight | terror | to the woods | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flight=Theme to wood=Destination |
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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