Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 14, sentence 165
Then, grasping in his hand, The legbone of a moose, He flung it straight and far To where the muskrat swam And struck him on the head.
Who acts: wizard, muskrat · What happens: grasp, fling, swim, strike · To what, where: legbone, hand, plash, wizard
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 (wizard, muskrat), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 grasping | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 grasping | punct |
| 3 | grasping | grasp | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 hand | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hand | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grasping | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 legbone | punct |
| 8 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 legbone | det |
| 9 | legbone | legbone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grasping | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 moose | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 moose | det |
| 12 | moose | moose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 legbone | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 flung | punct |
| 14 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 flung | nsubj |
| 15 | flung | fling | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 grasping | parataxis |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 flung | obj |
| 17 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 19 far | advmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 far | cc |
| 19 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 flung | advmod |
| 20 | To | to | ADP | _ | 24 swam | case |
| 21 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 24 swam | advmod |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 muskrat | det |
| 23 | muskrat | muskrat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 swam | nsubj |
| 24 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 far | advcl |
| 25 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 struck | cc |
| 26 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 flung | conj |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 struck | obj |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 head | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 head | det |
| 30 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 struck | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grasping | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grasp | gerund | the legbone of a moose | wizard's hand | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | fling | past | wizard | plash | far property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | swim | past | the muskrat | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | strike | past | wizard not said here | wizard | on the head | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument on head=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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