Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 15, sentence 99
After journeying days through the forest He passed a small curious wigwam From which came a lad who addressed him: “Hail, stranger, how fareth thine uncle?”
Who acts: uncle, small curious wigwam, lad · What happens: journey, pass, come, address, fare · To what, where: Hail, forest, small curious wigwam, uncle
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, small curious wigwam, lad), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 2 journeying | mark |
| 2 | journeying | journey | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 journeying | obj |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 forest | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 forest | det |
| 6 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 journeying | obl |
| 7 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 passed | nsubj |
| 8 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 forest | acl:relcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 wigwam | det |
| 10 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wigwam | amod |
| 11 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wigwam | amod |
| 12 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passed | obj |
| 13 | From | from | ADP | _ | 14 which | case |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 came | nsubj |
| 15 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 wigwam | acl:relcl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 lad | det |
| 17 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 came | nsubj |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 addressed | nsubj |
| 19 | addressed | address | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 lad | acl:relcl |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 addressed | obj |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 Hail | punct |
| 22 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 Hail | punct |
| 23 | Hail | hail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 journeying | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 stranger | punct |
| 25 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Hail | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 fareth | punct |
| 27 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 fareth | advmod |
| 28 | fareth | fare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 Hail | acl:relcl |
| 29 | thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 30 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 30 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 fareth | obj |
| 31 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 23 Hail | punct |
| 32 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 Hail | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | journey | gerund | Hail and stranger | the forest | day | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | pass | past | uncle | a small curious wigwam | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wigwam=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | come | past | a small curious wigwam | a lad nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | address | past | a lad | uncle | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination | ||||
| 5 | fare in a quote | present | thine uncle | tree rules |
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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