Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 98
Then the young man took leave of his uncle And said to him: “Fear not, beloved, I go to seek aid for thy sickness, Soon I’ll return to thy side.”
Who acts: young man · What happens: take, say, go, seek, return · To what, where: leave, uncle, aid · 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 (young 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 took | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 3 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 uncle | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 9 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | nmod |
| 10 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 said | cc |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | obl |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 Fear | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 Fear | punct |
| 16 | Fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | parataxis |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 Fear | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 go | punct |
| 19 | beloved | beloved | INTJ | _ | 22 go | discourse |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 go | punct |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 go | nsubj |
| 22 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 Fear | conj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 seek | mark |
| 24 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 go | xcomp |
| 25 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 seek | obj |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 sickness | case |
| 27 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 28 sickness | nmod:poss |
| 28 | sickness | sickness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 seek | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 return | punct |
| 30 | Soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 33 return | advmod |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 return | nsubj |
| 32 | ’ll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 return | aux |
| 33 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 took | parataxis |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 side | case |
| 35 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 36 side | nmod:poss |
| 36 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 return | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 33 return | punct |
| 38 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 return | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the young man | leave of Afar's uncle | then | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent leave=Theme clause=Attribute | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the young man not said here | uncle | Fear parataxis | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | go in a quote | present | the young man = man | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | seek in a quote | to-infinitive | the young man = man not said here | aid | for thy sickness | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent aid=Location for sickness=Theme | |||
| 5 | return in a quote | future | the young man = man | to thy side result; soon property | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to side=Result |
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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