Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 88
He worked all the night at the basket And then, when the morrow dawned, Presented his work to his uncle Who wept tears of gladness and said: “Dear nephew--how great is thy kindness!”
Who acts: uncle, morrow, Dear nephew · What happens: work, dawn, present, weep, say, be · To what, where: work, uncle, tears, kindness · 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 (uncle, morrow, Dear nephew), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 worked | nsubj |
| 2 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 night | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 night | det |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 worked | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 basket | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 basket | det |
| 8 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 worked | obl |
| 9 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 dawned | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 dawned | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 dawned | punct |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 dawned | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 morrow | det |
| 14 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dawned | nsubj |
| 15 | dawned | dawn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 worked | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Presented | punct |
| 17 | Presented | present | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 dawned | conj |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 work | nmod:poss |
| 19 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Presented | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 uncle | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 22 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Presented | obl |
| 23 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 wept | nsubj |
| 24 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 uncle | acl:relcl |
| 25 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 wept | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 gladness | case |
| 27 | gladness | gladness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 tears | nmod |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 said | cc |
| 29 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 worked | conj |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 33 nephew | punct |
| 31 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 nephew | punct |
| 32 | Dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 nephew | amod |
| 33 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 kindness | nsubj |
| 34 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 36 great | punct |
| 35 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 36 great | advmod |
| 36 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 nephew | conj |
| 37 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 kindness | cop |
| 38 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 39 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 39 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 said | ccomp |
| 40 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 39 kindness | punct |
| 41 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 kindness | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past | uncle | night | at the basket | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at basket=Theme | |||
| 2 | dawn | participle | the morrow | then | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | present | participle | the morrow not said here | uncle's work | uncle's uncle | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent work=Theme to uncle=Recipient | |||
| 4 | weep | past | uncle's uncle | tears of gladness | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=Theme | ||||
| 5 | say speech: express | past | uncle not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | Dear nephew | thy kindness | thy nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 7 | work | uncle | nom work «act intransitive»: 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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