Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 48
As Mĭpis listened To the melodious trill, he melted; For the sweet tune filled all the forest, Every leaf on the tree was listening, Branches were waving in keeping cadence, Even the busy ants stopped running, The butterfly sat on a flower to hear; And as the music grew tender and stronger, And as in one long soft note it ended, Little Leaf said to her: “Be my own!”
Who acts: Mĭpis, sweet tune, leaf, Branches, busy ants, butterfly · What happens: listen, melt, fill, wave, keep, stop · To what, where: forest, cadence, flower, Squʿtes · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Mĭpis, sweet tune, leaf, Branches), 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 listened | mark |
| 2 | Mĭpis | Mĭpis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 listened | nsubj |
| 3 | listened | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 melted | advcl |
| 4 | To | to | ADP | _ | 7 trill | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 trill | det |
| 6 | melodious | melodious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 trill | amod |
| 7 | trill | trill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 listened | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 listened | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 melted | nsubj |
| 10 | melted | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 melted | punct |
| 12 | For | for | ADP | _ | 15 tune | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tune | det |
| 14 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 tune | amod |
| 15 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 melted | obl |
| 16 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 tune | acl |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 forest | det:predet |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 forest | det |
| 19 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 filled | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 leaf | punct |
| 21 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 leaf | det |
| 22 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 tune | conj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 tree | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 tree | det |
| 25 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 listening | obl |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 listening | aux |
| 27 | listening | listen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 leaf | acl:relcl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 waving | punct |
| 29 | Branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 waving | nsubj |
| 30 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 waving | aux |
| 31 | waving | wave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 tune | conj |
| 32 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 33 keeping | mark |
| 33 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 waving | advcl |
| 34 | cadence | cadence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 keeping | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 stopped | punct |
| 36 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 40 stopped | advmod |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 ants | det |
| 38 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 ants | amod |
| 39 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 stopped | nsubj |
| 40 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 waving | parataxis |
| 41 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 40 stopped | xcomp |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 sat | punct |
| 43 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 butterfly | det |
| 44 | butterfly | butterfly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 sat | nsubj |
| 45 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 stopped | conj |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 flower | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 flower | det |
| 48 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 sat | obl |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 hear | mark |
| 50 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 sat | advcl |
| 51 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 grew | punct |
| 52 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 grew | cc |
| 53 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 56 grew | mark |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 music | det |
| 55 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 grew | nsubj |
| 56 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 melted | conj |
| 57 | tender | tender | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 grew | xcomp |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 stronger | cc |
| 59 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 57 tender | conj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 ended | punct |
| 61 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 ended | cc |
| 62 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 67 note | mark |
| 63 | in | in | ADP | _ | 67 note | case |
| 64 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 67 note | nummod |
| 65 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 note | amod |
| 66 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 note | amod |
| 67 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 ended | advcl |
| 68 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 69 ended | nsubj |
| 69 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 grew | conj |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 said | punct |
| 71 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 Leaf | amod |
| 72 | Leaf | Leaf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 said | nsubj |
| 73 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 grew | conj |
| 74 | to | to | ADP | _ | 75 her | case |
| 75 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 73 said | obl |
| 76 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 80 own | punct |
| 77 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 80 own | punct |
| 78 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 80 own | cop |
| 79 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 80 own | nmod:poss |
| 80 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 said | ccomp |
| 81 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 80 own | punct |
| 82 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 melted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | past | Mĭpis | to the melodious trill | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to trill=Theme | ||||
| 2 | melt | past | Mĭpis | for the sweet tune and every leaf | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fill | participle | the sweet tune and every leaf not said here | all forest | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent forest=Patient | ||||
| 4 | listen | past · progressive | every leaf not said here | on the tree | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on tree=Theme | ||||
| 5 | wave | past · progressive | Branches | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | keep | gerund | Branches not said here | cadence | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cadence=Theme | ||||
| 7 | stop | past | the busy ants | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 8 | run | gerund | the busy ants not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | sit | past | the butterfly | a flower | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on flower=Location | ||||
| 10 | hear | to-infinitive | the butterfly not said here | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 11 | grow | past | the music | tender property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 12 | end | past | cadence | one long soft note advcl | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 13 | say speech: express | past | Little Leaf | Squʿtes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | ||||
| 14 | is in a quote | infinitive | my nmod:poss; own property | tree rules |
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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