Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 14, sentence 46
Then on the following day, he brought his bow and arrows sharp And heard the voice command him: “Do thou shoot at yonder tree,” He shot, and saw his arrow pass straight through the doomèd tree.
Who acts: liver, arrow · What happens: follow, bring, arrow, hear, do, shoot · To what, where: bow, voice command, thou, tree, doomèd tree · 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 (liver, arrow), 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 | 8 brought | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 day | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 day | amod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brought | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 day | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 brought | nsubj |
| 8 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 bow | nmod:poss |
| 10 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brought | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 arrows | cc |
| 12 | arrows | arrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 brought | conj |
| 13 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 arrows | xcomp |
| 14 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 heard | cc |
| 15 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 brought | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 command | det |
| 17 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 command | compound |
| 18 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 heard | obj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 heard | obj |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 Do | punct |
| 21 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 Do | punct |
| 22 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 15 heard | parataxis |
| 23 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 Do | obj |
| 24 | shoot | shoot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 Do | xcomp |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 tree | case |
| 26 | yonder | yonder | ADV | _ | 27 tree | advmod |
| 27 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 shoot | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 shot | punct |
| 29 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 shot | punct |
| 30 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 shot | nsubj |
| 31 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 Do | parataxis |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 saw | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 saw | cc |
| 34 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 shot | conj |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 arrow | nmod:poss |
| 36 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 pass | nsubj |
| 37 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 saw | ccomp |
| 38 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 42 tree | advmod |
| 39 | through | through | ADP | _ | 42 tree | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 tree | det |
| 41 | doomèd | doomèd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 tree | compound |
| 42 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 pass | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | bring | past | liver | liver's bow | then; day | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | |||
| 3 | arrow | present | liver not said here | sharp property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hear | past | liver not said here | the voice command | liver obj | tree rules | |||
| 5 | do in a quote | infinitive | thou | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | shoot in a quote | infinitive | tree | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at tree=Destination | |||||
| 7 | shoot | past | liver | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | see | past | liver not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 9 | pass | present | liver's arrow | the doomèd tree | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through tree=Location |
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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