Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 127
She wanted the youth to wed her, But he at that time was busy, Very busy in getting ready To go on his autumn hunt, Which would last far into the winter; And he had no time for wooing, As he very plainly told her.
Who acts: perchance, youth, spirit, autumn hunt, time · What happens: want, wed, be, get, go, last · To what, where: youth, perchance, autumn hunt · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (perchance, youth, spirit, autumn hunt), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 youth | det |
| 4 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 wed | mark |
| 6 | wed | wed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wed | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 busy | punct |
| 9 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 busy | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 busy | nsubj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 time | case |
| 12 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 time | det |
| 13 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 he | nmod |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 busy | cop |
| 15 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wanted | parataxis |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 busy | punct |
| 17 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 18 busy | advmod |
| 18 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 busy | conj |
| 19 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 20 getting | mark |
| 20 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 busy | advcl |
| 21 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 getting | xcomp |
| 22 | To | to | PART | _ | 23 go | mark |
| 23 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 ready | xcomp |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 hunt | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 hunt | nmod:poss |
| 26 | autumn | autumn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 hunt | compound |
| 27 | hunt | hunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 go | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 last | punct |
| 29 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 last | nsubj |
| 30 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 last | aux |
| 31 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 hunt | acl:relcl |
| 32 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 31 last | advmod |
| 33 | into | into | ADP | _ | 35 winter | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 winter | det |
| 35 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 far | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 had | punct |
| 37 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 had | cc |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 had | nsubj |
| 39 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wanted | parataxis |
| 40 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 41 time | det |
| 41 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 had | obj |
| 42 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 43 wooing | mark |
| 43 | wooing | woo | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 time | acl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 told | punct |
| 45 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 49 told | mark |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 told | nsubj |
| 47 | very | very | ADV | _ | 48 plainly | advmod |
| 48 | plainly | plainly | ADV | _ | 49 told | advmod |
| 49 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 had | conj |
| 50 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 told | iobj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wanted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | perchance | the youth | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wed not said to happen | to-infinitive | the youth not said here | perchance | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | past | spirit | busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | spirit not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | get | gerund | spirit not said here | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | go | to-infinitive | spirit not said here | spirit's autumn hunt | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on hunt=Location | ||||
| 7 | last | would | spirit's autumn hunt | far property | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | have | past | spirit | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | woo | gerund | no time not said here | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | tell speech: assert | past | spirit | perchance | plainly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
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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