Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 128
Truly he must have spoken Very plainly indeed; For her heart shrunk up in anger Until ’twas hard as a flint With sharply cutting edges, And thus she cut in reply: “You may go afar to the North, You may go if you like on your hunt But you never will return The same as when you departed; Remember me when the change Comes over you in the forest.”
Who acts: spirit, perchance, You, change · What happens: speak, shrink up, cut, go, like, not return · To what, where: anger, reply, hunt, same, spirit, forest · 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 (spirit, perchance, You, change), 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 | Truly | truly | ADV | _ | 5 spoken | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spoken | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 spoken | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 spoken | aux |
| 5 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 7 plainly | advmod |
| 7 | plainly | plainly | ADV | _ | 5 spoken | advmod |
| 8 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 5 spoken | advmod |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 shrunk | punct |
| 10 | For | for | ADP | _ | 12 heart | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 heart | nmod:poss |
| 12 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 shrunk | obl |
| 13 | shrunk | shrink | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 spoken | parataxis |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 shrunk | compound:prt |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 anger | case |
| 16 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 shrunk | obl |
| 17 | Until | Until | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 twas | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 17 Until | case |
| 19 | twas | twa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 hard | nsubj |
| 20 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 shrunk | conj |
| 21 | as | as | ADP | _ | 23 flint | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 flint | det |
| 23 | flint | flint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 hard | obl |
| 24 | With | with | ADP | _ | 27 edges | case |
| 25 | sharply | sharply | ADV | _ | 26 cutting | advmod |
| 26 | cutting | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 27 edges | compound |
| 27 | edges | edge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 hard | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 cut | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 cut | cc |
| 30 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 32 cut | advmod |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 cut | nsubj |
| 32 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 spoken | parataxis |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 reply | case |
| 34 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 cut | obl |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 39 go | punct |
| 36 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 go | punct |
| 37 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 go | nsubj |
| 38 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 go | aux |
| 39 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 cut | conj |
| 40 | afar | afar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 go | xcomp |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 North | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 North | det |
| 43 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 afar | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 go | punct |
| 45 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 go | nsubj |
| 46 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 go | aux |
| 47 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 go | conj |
| 48 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 50 like | mark |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 50 like | nsubj |
| 50 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 go | advcl |
| 51 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 hunt | case |
| 52 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 hunt | nmod:poss |
| 53 | hunt | hunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 like | obl |
| 54 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 58 return | cc |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 58 return | nsubj |
| 56 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 58 return | advmod |
| 57 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 return | aux |
| 58 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 cut | conj |
| 59 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 same | det |
| 60 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 return | obj |
| 61 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 64 departed | mark |
| 62 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 64 departed | advmod |
| 63 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 64 departed | nsubj |
| 64 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 same | advcl |
| 65 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 Remember | punct |
| 66 | Remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 spoken | parataxis |
| 67 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 66 Remember | obj |
| 68 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 71 Comes | mark |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 change | det |
| 70 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 Comes | nsubj |
| 71 | Comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 66 Remember | advcl |
| 72 | over | over | ADP | _ | 73 you | case |
| 73 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 71 Comes | obl |
| 74 | in | in | ADP | _ | 76 forest | case |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 76 forest | det |
| 76 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 Comes | obl |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 spoken | punct |
| 78 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 spoken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | must · perfect | spirit | indeed, plainly, truly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shrink up | participle | anger | for perchance's heart | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | cut | gerund | sharply property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | cut | past | perchance | reply | thus property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | go in a quote | may | You | afar property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | go in a quote | may | You | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | like a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | your hunt | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 8 | not return in a quote | future | you | the same | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Theme | ||||
| 9 | depart in a quote | past | you | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | remember in a quote | infinitive | spirit | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||||
| 11 | come in a quote | present | the change | the forest | over you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over you=Initial_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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