Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 14, sentence 157
One day a wizard wise Sought counsel from the gods, And entered in the hut They knew as _petegwîgun_-- A round-house made of bark, With opening above; No door nor window there Save only at the top Through which the wizard climbed, And, lying there in trance, Saw all the foemen’s wiles.
Who acts: wise Sought counsel, counsel, wizard · What happens: seek, enter, know, make, open, climb · To what, where: hut, round house, top, trance, foemen wiles, wise Sought counsel
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 (wise Sought counsel, counsel, 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 counsel | nsubj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 wizard | det |
| 4 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 counsel | nsubj |
| 5 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 counsel | amod |
| 6 | Sought | seek | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 counsel | amod |
| 7 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 gods | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gods | det |
| 10 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 counsel | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 entered | punct |
| 12 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 entered | cc |
| 13 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 counsel | acl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 hut | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 hut | det |
| 16 | hut | hut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 entered | obl |
| 17 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 knew | nsubj |
| 18 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 hut | acl:relcl |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 21 petegwîgun | case |
| 20 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 21 petegwîgun | punct |
| 21 | petegwîgun | petegwîgun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 knew | obl |
| 22 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 13 entered | punct |
| 23 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 27 house | punct |
| 24 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 house | det |
| 25 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 house | amod |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 round | punct |
| 27 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 counsel | conj |
| 28 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 house | acl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 bark | case |
| 30 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 made | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 opening | punct |
| 32 | With | with | SCONJ | _ | 33 opening | mark |
| 33 | opening | open | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 made | advcl |
| 34 | above | above | ADV | _ | 33 opening | advmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 door | punct |
| 36 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 37 door | det |
| 37 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 counsel | nmod |
| 38 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 39 window | cc |
| 39 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 door | conj |
| 40 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 37 door | advmod |
| 41 | Save | Save | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 door | list |
| 42 | only | only | ADV | _ | 45 top | advmod |
| 43 | at | at | ADP | _ | 45 top | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 top | det |
| 45 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 Save | appos |
| 46 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 47 which | case |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 climbed | obl |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 wizard | det |
| 49 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 climbed | nsubj |
| 50 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 top | acl:relcl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 Saw | punct |
| 52 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 Saw | cc |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 And | punct |
| 54 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 59 Saw | advcl |
| 55 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 54 lying | advmod |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 57 trance | case |
| 57 | trance | trance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 lying | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 lying | punct |
| 59 | Saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 climbed | conj |
| 60 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 62 foemen | det:predet |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 foemen | det |
| 62 | foemen | foeman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 wiles | compound |
| 63 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 62 foemen | case |
| 64 | wiles | wile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 Saw | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 counsel | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seek | participle | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | enter | past | wise Sought counsel One day a wizard from the gods no door Save nor window and a round house not said here | the hut | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | know | past | counsel | the hut not said here | as petegwîgun | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer hut=Stimulus as petegwîgun=Attribute | |||
| 4 | make | participle | a round house not said here | of bark | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 5 | open | gerund | above property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | climb | past | the wizard | the top | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through which=Trajectory | ||||
| 7 | lie | gerund | trance; there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in trance=Location | |||||
| 8 | see | past | the wizard not said here | foemen wiles | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wile=Stimulus |
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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