Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 56
A giant turtle’s form Joe Benoit took; The other changed himself into a snake; The twain then met and fought in combat dire Within the waters of a little lake Which since that time has ever borne the name Of Neʿseyik, which means “the muddy lake,” Because their strife had stirred up all the soil And weeds, and roiled the waters of that pool.
Who acts: Joe, other, twain, name, giant turtle · What happens: take, change, meet, fight, bear, mean · To what, where: Joe, combat, little lake, muddy lake, strife, waters
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 (Joe, other, twain, name), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 turtle | det |
| 2 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 turtle | amod |
| 3 | turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 form | nmod:poss |
| 4 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 3 turtle | case |
| 5 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Joe | nmod:desc |
| 6 | Joe | Joe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 took | nsubj |
| 7 | Benoit | Benoit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Joe | flat |
| 8 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 changed | punct |
| 10 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 other | det |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 changed | nsubj |
| 12 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 took | conj |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 changed | obj |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 snake | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 snake | det |
| 16 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 changed | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 met | punct |
| 18 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 twain | det |
| 19 | twain | twain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 met | nsubj |
| 20 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 met | advmod |
| 21 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 took | conj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 fought | cc |
| 23 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 met | conj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 combat | case |
| 25 | combat | combat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 fought | obl |
| 26 | dire | dire | ADV | _ | 21 met | advmod |
| 27 | Within | within | ADP | _ | 29 waters | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 waters | det |
| 29 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 met | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 lake | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 lake | det |
| 32 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 lake | amod |
| 33 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 waters | nmod |
| 34 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 borne | obj |
| 35 | since | since | ADP | _ | 37 time | case |
| 36 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 time | det |
| 37 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 borne | obl |
| 38 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 borne | aux |
| 39 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 40 borne | advmod |
| 40 | borne | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 33 lake | acl:relcl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 name | det |
| 42 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 borne | obj |
| 43 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Neʿseyik | case |
| 44 | Neʿseyik | Neʿseyik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 name | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 means | punct |
| 46 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 means | nsubj |
| 47 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 name | parataxis |
| 48 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 lake | punct |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 lake | det |
| 50 | muddy | muddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 lake | amod |
| 51 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 means | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 lake | punct |
| 53 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 lake | punct |
| 54 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 58 stirred | mark |
| 55 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 strife | nmod:poss |
| 56 | strife | strife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 stirred | nsubj:pass |
| 57 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 stirred | aux |
| 58 | stirred | stir | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 means | advcl |
| 59 | up | up | ADP | _ | 58 stirred | compound:prt |
| 60 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 62 soil | det:predet |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 soil | det |
| 62 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 stirred | obl:unmarked |
| 63 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 weeds | cc |
| 64 | weeds | weed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 stirred | conj |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 roiled | punct |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 roiled | cc |
| 67 | roiled | roil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 took | conj |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 waters | det |
| 69 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 roiled | obj |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 pool | case |
| 71 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 72 pool | det |
| 72 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 waters | nmod |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Joe a giant turtle's form | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | change | past | the other | Joe | into a snake result | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into snake=Result | |||
| 3 | meet | past | the twain | then | within the waters of a little lake; dire property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | fight | past | the twain not said here | combat | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | bear | present · perfect | a little lake | ever; time | the name of Neʿseyik obj | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent which=Beneficiary name=Patient | |||
| 6 | mean | present | the name of Neʿseyik | the muddy lake | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Topic | ||||
| 7 | stir up | past · perfect · passive | waters's strife | all soil obl:unmarked | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 8 | weed | present | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | roil | past | Joe a giant turtle's form not said here | the waters of that pool | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus water=Experiencer | ||||
| 10 | form | a giant turtle | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | name | Neʿseyik | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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