Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 14, sentence 7
And every day, when returning From an absence they knew not whither, She brought them furs and venison, With fish and fowl in plenty.
Who acts: father, wife · What happens: return, not know, bring · To what, where: absence, father
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 (father, wife), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 brought | cc |
| 2 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 day | det |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 brought | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 returning | punct |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 returning | advmod |
| 6 | returning | return | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 day | acl |
| 7 | From | from | ADP | _ | 9 absence | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 absence | det |
| 9 | absence | absence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 returning | obl |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 knew | nsubj |
| 11 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 absence | acl:relcl |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 knew | advmod |
| 13 | whither | whither | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 knew | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 brought | punct |
| 15 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 brought | nsubj |
| 16 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 brought | obj |
| 18 | furs | fur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 brought | obj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 venison | cc |
| 20 | venison | venison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 furs | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 fish | punct |
| 22 | With | with | ADP | _ | 23 fish | case |
| 23 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 furs | conj |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 fowl | cc |
| 25 | fowl | fowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 fish | conj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 plenty | case |
| 27 | plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 fowl | nmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | gerund | a absence | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from absence=Initial_Location | |||||
| 2 | not know | past | father | a absence not said here | whither property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer absence=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | bring | past | wife | father | day | furs and venison and fish and fowl in plenty obj | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination fur=Theme |
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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