Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 100
The youth was amazed beyond measure That one who appeared but an infant Should know all about his affairs, But he passed on in silence and wonder.
Who acts: one, infant · What happens: amaze, appear, know, pass on · To what, where: youth, affairs, silence
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, infant), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 youth | det |
| 2 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 amazed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 amazed | aux:pass |
| 4 | amazed | amaze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 6 measure | case |
| 6 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 amazed | obl |
| 7 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 one | det |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 measure | appos |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 appeared | nsubj |
| 10 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 one | acl:relcl |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 know | cc |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 infant | det |
| 13 | infant | infant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 know | nsubj |
| 14 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 know | aux |
| 15 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 appeared | conj |
| 16 | all | all | ADV | _ | 19 affairs | advmod |
| 17 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 affairs | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 affairs | nmod:poss |
| 19 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 know | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 passed | punct |
| 21 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 passed | cc |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 passed | nsubj |
| 23 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 amazed | conj |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 passed | compound:prt |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 silence | case |
| 26 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 passed | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 wonder | cc |
| 28 | wonder | wonder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 silence | conj |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 amazed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amaze | past · passive | the youth | beyond measure | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | appear | past | that one | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | know | should | a infant | infant's affairs | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer affair=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | pass on | past | infant | silence and wonder | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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