Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 23
In ancient days when wizard power was great There were two mighty men who knew these arts And understood full well unholy skill.
Who acts: wizard power, two mighty men · What happens: be, know, understand · To what, where: arts, full skill
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 (wizard power, two mighty men), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 days | case |
| 2 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 days | amod |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 great | obl |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 great | advmod |
| 5 | wizard | wizard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 power | amod |
| 6 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 great | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 great | cop |
| 8 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 10 were | expl |
| 10 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 great | conj |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 men | nummod |
| 12 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 men | amod |
| 13 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 were | nsubj |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 knew | nsubj |
| 15 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 men | acl:relcl |
| 16 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 17 arts | det |
| 17 | arts | art | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 knew | obj |
| 18 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 understood | cc |
| 19 | understood | understand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 knew | conj |
| 20 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 skill | amod |
| 21 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 22 unholy | advmod |
| 22 | unholy | unholy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 full | conj |
| 23 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 understood | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 great | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | wizard power | day | great property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | past | two mighty men | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | know | past | two mighty men | this arts | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer art=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | understand | past | two mighty men not said here | full skill | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer skill=Stimulus |
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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