Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 25
The one had set up deadfalls in the paths Where run the timid deer, all ignorant Of man, and man’s desire to slaughter them.
Who acts: man · What happens: set up, run, slaughter, desire · To what, where: one, paths, timid deer, deadfalls
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 (man), 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 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 set | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | aux |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 set | compound:prt |
| 6 | deadfalls | deadfall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 set | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 paths | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 paths | det |
| 9 | paths | path | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 set | obl |
| 10 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 run | advmod |
| 11 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 paths | acl:relcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 deer | det |
| 13 | timid | timid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 deer | amod |
| 14 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 run | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ignorant | punct |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 ignorant | det |
| 17 | ignorant | ignorant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 deer | appos |
| 18 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 19 man | case |
| 19 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 ignorant | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 desire | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 desire | cc |
| 22 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 desire | nmod:poss |
| 23 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 22 man | case |
| 24 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 set | conj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 slaughter | mark |
| 26 | slaughter | slaughter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 desire | acl |
| 27 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 slaughter | obj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set up | past · perfect · passive | the one | the paths | deadfalls obj; man's desire conj | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme deadfall=Destination | |||
| 2 | run | present | the timid deer | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme deer=Trajectory | |||||
| 3 | slaughter | to-infinitive | deadfalls = deadfall | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | |||||
| 4 | desire | man | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=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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