Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 45
A worm so little That it can pass through the prick of a needle Even as a rabbit runs through a valley, Or as a fish swims free up a river, May cut your stem or blight your beauty; Anything living may be your death.”
Who acts: worm, rabbit, fish, Anything, your · What happens: pass, run, swim, cut, blight, live · To what, where: prick, valley, stem, beauty, death
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 (worm, rabbit, fish, Anything), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 worm | det |
| 2 | worm | worm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pass | nsubj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 little | advmod |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pass | advmod |
| 5 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 pass | nsubj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pass | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 pass | aux |
| 8 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | through | through | ADP | _ | 11 prick | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prick | det |
| 11 | prick | prick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pass | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 needle | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 needle | det |
| 14 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 prick | nmod |
| 15 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 19 runs | advmod |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 runs | mark |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 rabbit | det |
| 18 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 runs | nsubj |
| 19 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 pass | advcl |
| 20 | through | through | ADP | _ | 22 valley | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 valley | det |
| 22 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 runs | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 cut | punct |
| 24 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 cut | cc |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 swims | mark |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 fish | det |
| 27 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 swims | nsubj |
| 28 | swims | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 cut | advcl |
| 29 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 swims | xcomp |
| 30 | up | up | ADP | _ | 32 river | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 river | det |
| 32 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 free | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 swims | punct |
| 34 | May | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 cut | aux |
| 35 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 pass | advcl |
| 36 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 stem | nmod:poss |
| 37 | stem | stem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 cut | obj |
| 38 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 39 blight | cc |
| 39 | blight | blight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 cut | conj |
| 40 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 41 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 blight | obj |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 death | punct |
| 43 | Anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 48 death | nsubj |
| 44 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 43 Anything | acl |
| 45 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 death | aux |
| 46 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 48 death | cop |
| 47 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 death | nmod:poss |
| 48 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pass | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 pass | punct |
| 50 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 pass | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | can | a worm | the prick of a needle | That nsubj | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through prick=Location | |||
| 2 | run | present | a rabbit | a valley | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through valley=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | swim | present | a fish | free property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | cut | may | a worm not said here | your stem | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stem=Product | ||||
| 5 | blight | infinitive | a worm not said here | your beauty | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Patient | ||||
| 6 | live | gerund | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | is a | may | Anything | your death | your nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 8 | stem | your | nom stem «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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