Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 16, sentence 86
Lappilatwan High up on the birch-tree Saw the battle rage, But was ever silent, Silent till sunset; Then his loud song Rang through the forest: “_Lappilatwan Wechkûtonébit_.”
Who acts: Lappilatwan · What happens: see, be, sing · To what, where: battle rage, birch tree, forest
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 (Lappilatwan), 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 | Lappilatwan | Lappilatwan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Saw | nsubj |
| 2 | High | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 up | advmod |
| 3 | up | up | ADV | _ | 9 Saw | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 tree | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 6 | birch | birch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tree | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 birch | punct |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Saw | obl |
| 9 | Saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rage | det |
| 11 | battle | battle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 rage | amod |
| 12 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Saw | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 silent | punct |
| 14 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 silent | cc |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 silent | cop |
| 16 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 17 silent | advmod |
| 17 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Saw | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Silent | punct |
| 19 | Silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 silent | conj |
| 20 | till | till | ADP | _ | 21 sunset | case |
| 21 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 silent | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 song | punct |
| 23 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 26 song | advmod |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 song | nmod:poss |
| 25 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 song | amod |
| 26 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Saw | conj |
| 27 | Rang | Rang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 song | appos |
| 28 | through | through | ADP | _ | 30 forest | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 forest | det |
| 30 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 song | nmod |
| 31 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 Lappilatwan | punct |
| 32 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 Lappilatwan | punct |
| 33 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 34 Lappilatwan | punct |
| 34 | Lappilatwan | Lappilatwan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 forest | appos |
| 35 | Wechkûtonébit | Wechkûtonébit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Lappilatwan | flat |
| 36 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 34 Lappilatwan | punct |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 Lappilatwan | punct |
| 38 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 Lappilatwan | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Lappilatwan | the battle rage | the birch tree | LAPPILATWAN's loud song through the forest conj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rage=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | is | past | Lappilatwan not said here | ever; sunset | silent property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | be | Lappilatwan not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | sing | LAPPILATWAN | the forest | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent through=place |
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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