Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 140
As they entered The Laʿtogwesnuk Pûn the winter Felt ill at ease; He called his chieftains: Great Laʿtogwĕsin The terrible north wind, And the wild north-wester, The chill north-east wind, With all the frosts Sleet-spirits, snow-spirits, And every child Of the killing cold Who dwell in the North.
Who acts: warriors, winter, Pûn · What happens: enter, feel, call, dwell · To what, where: Laʿtogwesnuk Pûn, chieftains, North · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (warriors, winter, Pûn), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 entered | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 entered | nsubj |
| 3 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 called | advcl |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Pûn | det |
| 5 | Laʿtogwesnuk | Laʿtogwesnuk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Pûn | compound |
| 6 | Pûn | Pûn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 entered | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 winter | det |
| 8 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Felt | nsubj |
| 9 | Felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 entered | parataxis |
| 10 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Felt | xcomp |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 ease | case |
| 12 | ease | ease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ill | obl |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 entered | punct |
| 14 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 called | nsubj |
| 15 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 chieftains | nmod:poss |
| 17 | chieftains | chieftain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 called | obj |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 Laʿtogwĕsin | punct |
| 19 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 Laʿtogwĕsin | amod |
| 20 | Laʿtogwĕsin | Laʿtogwĕsin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 chieftains | nmod |
| 21 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 wind | det |
| 22 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 wind | amod |
| 23 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 wind | compound |
| 24 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Laʿtogwĕsin | appos |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 wester | punct |
| 26 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 wester | cc |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 wester | det |
| 28 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 wester | amod |
| 29 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 wester | compound |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 north | punct |
| 31 | wester | wester | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Laʿtogwĕsin | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 wind | punct |
| 33 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 wind | det |
| 34 | chill | chill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 wind | amod |
| 35 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 east | compound |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 north | punct |
| 37 | east | east | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 wind | compound |
| 38 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Laʿtogwĕsin | appos |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 frosts | punct |
| 40 | With | with | ADP | _ | 43 frosts | case |
| 41 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 frosts | det:predet |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 frosts | det |
| 43 | frosts | frost | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 Laʿtogwĕsin | appos |
| 44 | Sleet | Sleet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 spirits | compound |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 Sleet | punct |
| 46 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 frosts | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 spirits | punct |
| 48 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 spirits | compound |
| 49 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 48 snow | punct |
| 50 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 spirits | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 cold | punct |
| 52 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 cold | cc |
| 53 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 54 child | det |
| 54 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 cold | nsubj |
| 55 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 57 killing | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 killing | det |
| 57 | killing | killing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 child | nmod |
| 58 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 called | parataxis |
| 59 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 60 dwell | nsubj |
| 60 | dwell | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 cold | parataxis |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 63 North | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 North | det |
| 63 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 dwell | obl |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | past | warriors = warrior | the Laʿtogwesnuk Pûn | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pûn=Destination | ||||
| 2 | feel | past | the winter | ill property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | call speech: assert | past | Pûn | Pûn's chieftains Great Laʿtogwĕsin and the wild north wester | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chieftain=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | dwell | present | the North | Who nsubj | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in north=Location |
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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