Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 19
As she drew near The clouds grew thicker; Rain-winds were blowing, Rain-drops falling, Showers pelting, Torrents pouring, Thunder roaring round: Still she went on, Her path lit By wild lightning, Till in the midst Where the clouds were darkest She found the wigwam And entered the door.
Who acts: Nipon, clouds, Rain winds, Rain drops · What happens: draw, grow, blow, fall, pour, roar · To what, where: Torrents, Showers pelting, Thunder, path, midst, wigwam
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nipon, clouds, Rain winds, Rain drops), 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 drew | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 drew | nsubj |
| 3 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 grew | mark |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 clouds | det |
| 6 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 grew | nsubj |
| 7 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 drew | advcl |
| 8 | thicker | thick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 grew | xcomp |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 blowing | punct |
| 10 | Rain | Rain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 winds | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 Rain | punct |
| 12 | winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 blowing | nsubj |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 blowing | aux |
| 14 | blowing | blow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 drew | advcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 falling | punct |
| 16 | Rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 drops | compound |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 Rain | punct |
| 18 | drops | drop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 falling | nsubj |
| 19 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 blowing | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 pelting | punct |
| 21 | Showers | shower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 pelting | compound |
| 22 | pelting | pelting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 falling | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Torrents | punct |
| 24 | Torrents | torrent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 blowing | obl |
| 25 | pouring | pour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 blowing | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Thunder | punct |
| 27 | Thunder | Thunder | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 pouring | obj |
| 28 | roaring | roar | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 pouring | advcl |
| 29 | round | round | ADV | _ | 28 roaring | advmod |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 33 went | punct |
| 31 | Still | still | ADV | _ | 33 went | advmod |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 went | nsubj |
| 33 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 drew | conj |
| 34 | on | on | ADV | _ | 33 went | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 path | punct |
| 36 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 path | nmod:poss |
| 37 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 went | obl |
| 38 | lit | lit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 path | acl |
| 39 | By | by | ADP | _ | 41 lightning | case |
| 40 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 lightning | amod |
| 41 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 lit | obl:agent |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Till | punct |
| 43 | Till | Till | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 path | appos |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 midst | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 midst | det |
| 46 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 went | obl |
| 47 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 51 darkest | advmod |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 clouds | det |
| 49 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 darkest | nsubj |
| 50 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 darkest | cop |
| 51 | darkest | dark | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 46 midst | acl:relcl |
| 52 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 found | nsubj |
| 53 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 darkest | parataxis |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 wigwam | det |
| 55 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 found | obj |
| 56 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 entered | cc |
| 57 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 found | conj |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 door | det |
| 59 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 entered | obj |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | Nipon | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | grow | past | the clouds | thick property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | blow | past · progressive | Rain winds | Torrents | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | fall | gerund | Rain drops | Showers pelting | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | pour | gerund | Rain winds not said here | Thunder | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunder=Patient | ||||
| 6 | roar | gerund | Rain winds not said here | round property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | go on | past | Nipon | Nipon's path | the midst | still | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in midst=Location | ||
| 8 | lit | participle | Nipon's path not said here | wild lightning obl:agent | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | is | past | the clouds | dark property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | find | past | Nipon | the wigwam | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wigwam=Topic | ||||
| 11 | enter | past | Nipon not said here | the door | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Destination |
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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