Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 129
An unseen power Now drove her onward; Will had departed, Still the mountains Went on before her; The green leaves Of her beautiful garment Grew yellow and faded, And were blown away By the grim wind; Her long hair Turned gray and white; The sun grew dim And then shone no more; She was very weak; The beautiful mountains Were heaps of snow; The beautiful rivers And lakes were of ice-- All in the North.
Who acts: unseen power, mountains, green leaves, grim wind, long hair, sun · What happens: drive, depart, still, go on, grow, fade · To what, where: NIPON, unseen power, more, heaps
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (unseen power, mountains, green leaves, grim wind), 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 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 power | det |
| 2 | unseen | unseen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 power | amod |
| 3 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 departed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 drove | advmod |
| 5 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 power | acl:relcl |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 drove | obj |
| 7 | onward | onward | ADV | _ | 5 drove | advmod |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 power | punct |
| 9 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 departed | aux |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 departed | aux |
| 11 | departed | depart | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Still | punct |
| 13 | Still | still | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 departed | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 mountains | det |
| 15 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 Went | nsubj |
| 16 | Went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 Still | ccomp |
| 17 | on | on | ADV | _ | 16 Went | advmod |
| 18 | before | before | ADP | _ | 19 her | case |
| 19 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 Went | obl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 Grew | punct |
| 21 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 leaves | det |
| 22 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 leaves | amod |
| 23 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 Grew | nsubj |
| 24 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 27 garment | case |
| 25 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 garment | nmod:poss |
| 26 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 garment | amod |
| 27 | garment | garment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 leaves | nmod |
| 28 | Grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 departed | conj |
| 29 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 Grew | xcomp |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 faded | cc |
| 31 | faded | fade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 Grew | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 blown | punct |
| 33 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 blown | cc |
| 34 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 blown | aux:pass |
| 35 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 Grew | conj |
| 36 | away | away | ADV | _ | 35 blown | advmod |
| 37 | By | by | ADP | _ | 40 wind | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 wind | det |
| 39 | grim | grim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 wind | amod |
| 40 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 blown | obl |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 Turned | punct |
| 42 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 hair | nmod:poss |
| 43 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 hair | amod |
| 44 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 Turned | nsubj |
| 45 | Turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 departed | conj |
| 46 | gray | gray | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 Turned | xcomp |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 white | cc |
| 48 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 gray | conj |
| 49 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 grew | punct |
| 50 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 sun | det |
| 51 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 grew | nsubj |
| 52 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 Turned | conj |
| 53 | dim | dim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 grew | xcomp |
| 54 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 shone | cc |
| 55 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 56 shone | advmod |
| 56 | shone | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 grew | conj |
| 57 | no | no | ADV | _ | 58 more | advmod |
| 58 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 56 shone | obj |
| 59 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 63 weak | punct |
| 60 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 weak | nsubj |
| 61 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 weak | cop |
| 62 | very | very | ADV | _ | 63 weak | advmod |
| 63 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 shone | conj |
| 64 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 69 heaps | punct |
| 65 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 mountains | det |
| 66 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 mountains | amod |
| 67 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 heaps | nsubj |
| 68 | Were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 69 heaps | cop |
| 69 | heaps | heap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 departed | conj |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 snow | case |
| 71 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 heaps | nmod |
| 72 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 75 rivers | punct |
| 73 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 rivers | det |
| 74 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 rivers | amod |
| 75 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 80 ice | nsubj |
| 76 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 77 lakes | cc |
| 77 | lakes | lake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 75 rivers | conj |
| 78 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 80 ice | cop |
| 79 | of | of | ADP | _ | 80 ice | case |
| 80 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 heaps | nmod |
| 81 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 82 All | punct |
| 82 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 80 ice | appos |
| 83 | in | in | ADP | _ | 85 North | case |
| 84 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 85 North | det |
| 85 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 82 All | nmod |
| 86 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 departed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | past | a unseen power not said here | NIPON | now | onward property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||
| 2 | depart | future · perfect · passive | a unseen power | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location | |||||
| 3 | still | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | go on | past | the mountains | before NIPON | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before she=Location | ||||
| 5 | grow | past | the green leaves of NIPON's beautiful garment | yellow property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | fade | past | the green leaves of NIPON's beautiful garment not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 7 | blow away | past · passive | the grim wind | away property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 8 | turn | participle | NIPON's long hair | gray property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | grow | past | the sun | dim property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | shine | past | the sun not said here | more | then | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent more=Theme | |||
| 11 | is | past | NIPON | weak property | tree rules | ||||
| 12 | is a | past | the beautiful mountains | heaps | of snow | tree rules | |||
| 13 | is | past | the beautiful rivers and lakes | of ice | 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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