Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 50
One morning Squʿtes sang to the Leaf: “Let us go and visit Kʾmûsomsʾn Our mighty grandfather--the Mountain: He made us happy--let us thank him!”
Who acts: Squʿtes, us, LEAF · What happens: sing, let, go, visit, make, thank · To what, where: Leaf, us, Kʾmûsomsʾn · 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 (Squʿtes, us, LEAF), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 morning | nummod |
| 2 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sang | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | Squʿtes | Squʿtes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sang | nsubj |
| 4 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Leaf | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Leaf | det |
| 7 | Leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sang | obl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 Let | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Let | punct |
| 10 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 sang | parataxis |
| 11 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 Let | obj |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 Let | xcomp |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 visit | cc |
| 14 | visit | visit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 Let | conj |
| 15 | Kʾmûsomsʾn | Kʾmûsomsʾn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 visit | obj |
| 16 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 grandfather | nmod:poss |
| 17 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 grandfather | amod |
| 18 | grandfather | grandfather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 visit | obj |
| 19 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 21 Mountain | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Mountain | det |
| 21 | Mountain | Mountain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 grandfather | appos |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 made | punct |
| 23 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 made | nsubj |
| 24 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sang | conj |
| 25 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 made | obj |
| 26 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 made | xcomp |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 28 let | punct |
| 28 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 made | ccomp |
| 29 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 let | obj |
| 30 | thank | thank | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 let | xcomp |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 thank | obj |
| 32 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 30 thank | punct |
| 33 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | past | Squʿtes | the Leaf | morning | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to leaf=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | let in a quote | infinitive | us | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | visit in a quote | infinitive | Kʾmûsomsʾn | Our mighty grandfather obj | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | make in a quote | past | LEAF | us | happy property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | let in a quote | infinitive | LEAF not said here | us | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | thank speech: thank in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | LEAF | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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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