Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 75
“You must go!” said Sexkâtû, Then he gnawed at the branch; There was the nest Of the Hamw[´ĕ]sŭk, Of the stinging wasps, Who came swarming out From their little wigwam; More than a hundred, Flew at Sexkâtû Clung to his back Madly they stung him, Till stunned with their stinging Saucy Sexkâtû Fell to the ground.
Who acts: You, Sexkâtû, nest, stinging wasps, wasps, Till · What happens: go, say, gnaw, be, sting, come · To what, where: hundred, little wigwam, Sexkâtû, Saucy Fell · 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 (You, Sexkâtû, nest, stinging wasps), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | Sexkâtû | Sexkâtû | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 gnawed | punct |
| 10 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 gnawed | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 gnawed | nsubj |
| 12 | gnawed | gnaw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 branch | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 branch | det |
| 15 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gnawed | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 was | punct |
| 17 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 18 was | expl |
| 18 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | parataxis |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 nest | det |
| 20 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 was | nsubj |
| 21 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 28 sŭk | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 sŭk | det |
| 23 | Hamw | Hamw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 sŭk | compound |
| 24 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 26 ĕ | punct |
| 25 | ´ | ´ | ADP | _ | 26 ĕ | case |
| 26 | ĕ | ĕ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Hamw | appos |
| 27 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 26 ĕ | punct |
| 28 | sŭk | sŭk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 nest | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 wasps | punct |
| 30 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 33 wasps | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 wasps | det |
| 32 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 wasps | amod |
| 33 | wasps | wasp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 was | nsubj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 came | punct |
| 35 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 came | nsubj |
| 36 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 wasps | parataxis |
| 37 | swarming | swarm | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 36 came | xcomp |
| 38 | out | out | ADP | _ | 37 swarming | compound:prt |
| 39 | From | from | ADP | _ | 42 wigwam | case |
| 40 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 wigwam | nmod:poss |
| 41 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 wigwam | amod |
| 42 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 swarming | obl |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 hundred | punct |
| 44 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 47 hundred | advmod |
| 45 | than | than | ADP | _ | 44 More | fixed |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 hundred | det |
| 47 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 36 came | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 Flew | punct |
| 49 | Flew | Flew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 hundred | conj |
| 50 | at | at | ADP | _ | 51 Sexkâtû | case |
| 51 | Sexkâtû | Sexkâtû | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 Flew | nmod |
| 52 | Clung | Clung | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 Sexkâtû | flat |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 back | case |
| 54 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 back | nmod:poss |
| 55 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 hundred | nmod |
| 56 | Madly | madly | ADV | _ | 58 stung | advmod |
| 57 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 stung | nsubj |
| 58 | stung | sting | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 came | parataxis |
| 59 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 stung | obj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 stunned | punct |
| 61 | Till | Till | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 stunned | nsubj |
| 62 | stunned | stun | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 stung | conj |
| 63 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 65 stinging | mark |
| 64 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 stinging | nsubj |
| 65 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 62 stunned | advcl |
| 66 | Saucy | Saucy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 Fell | compound |
| 67 | Sexkâtû | Sexkâtû | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Saucy | flat |
| 68 | Fell | Fell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 stinging | obj |
| 69 | to | to | ADP | _ | 71 ground | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 ground | det |
| 71 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 stinging | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | must | You | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: express | past | Sexkâtû | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | gnaw | past | Sexkâtû | then | at the branch | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at branch=Patient | |||
| 4 | be | past | the nest of the Hamw sŭk | there | the stinging wasps nsubj | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 5 | sting | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 6 | come | past | the stinging wasps | a hundred to Sexkâtû's back and Flew at Sexkâtû | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | swarm out | gerund | the stinging wasps not said here | wasps's little wigwam | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | sting | past | wasps = wasp | Sexkâtû | madly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||
| 9 | stun | past | Till | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 10 | sting | gerund | wasps = wasp | Saucy Fell | to the ground | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fell=Experiencer |
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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