Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 64
Leaves like men are never contented, When all’s for the best they never know it; So it came to pass that Mĭpis one morning Saw far away in the pleasant sunlight A land of beautiful lakes and mountains, Lovelier far than the place they lived in; And felt in his heart an earnest longing To wander away.
Who acts: men, wigwam · What happens: not content, not know, come, pass, live in, feel · To what, where: Leaves, wigwam, place, earnest longing, heart
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 (men, wigwam), 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 | Leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 contented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 3 men | case |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leaves | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 contented | aux:pass |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 contented | advmod |
| 6 | contented | content | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 contented | punct |
| 8 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 ’s | mark |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 ’s | nsubj |
| 10 | ’s | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 contented | advcl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 best | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 best | det |
| 13 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 ’s | obj |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 know | nsubj |
| 15 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 16 know | advmod |
| 16 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 best | parataxis |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 know | obj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 came | punct |
| 19 | So | so | ADV | _ | 21 came | advmod |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 came | nsubj |
| 21 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 contented | parataxis |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 pass | mark |
| 23 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 came | xcomp |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 away | mark |
| 25 | Mĭpis | Mĭpis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 away | nsubj |
| 26 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 morning | nummod |
| 27 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Mĭpis | appos |
| 28 | Saw | Saw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Mĭpis | flat |
| 29 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 30 away | advmod |
| 30 | away | away | ADV | _ | 23 pass | advmod |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 sunlight | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 sunlight | det |
| 33 | pleasant | pleasant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 sunlight | amod |
| 34 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 away | obl |
| 35 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 land | det |
| 36 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 away | nsubj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 lakes | case |
| 38 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 lakes | amod |
| 39 | lakes | lake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 land | nmod |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 mountains | cc |
| 41 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 lakes | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Lovelier | punct |
| 43 | Lovelier | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 39 lakes | amod |
| 44 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 47 place | advmod |
| 45 | than | than | ADP | _ | 47 place | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 place | det |
| 47 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 Lovelier | obl |
| 48 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 lived | nsubj |
| 49 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 place | acl:relcl |
| 50 | in | in | ADV | _ | 49 lived | advmod |
| 51 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 felt | punct |
| 52 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 felt | cc |
| 53 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 came | conj |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 heart | case |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 heart | nmod:poss |
| 56 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 felt | obl |
| 57 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 longing | det |
| 58 | earnest | earn | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 59 longing | amod |
| 59 | longing | longing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 felt | obj |
| 60 | To | to | PART | _ | 61 wander | mark |
| 61 | wander | wander | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 felt | advcl |
| 62 | away | away | ADV | _ | 61 wander | advmod |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 contented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not content | present · passive | Leaves like men | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | not know | present | men = man | wigwam | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | come | past | wigwam | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | pass | to-infinitive | wigwam not said here | away property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | live in | past | men = man | the place not said here | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme place=Location | ||||
| 6 | feel | past | wigwam not said here | a earnest longing | LEAF's heart | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent longing=Theme in heart=Location | |||
| 7 | wander away | to-infinitive | wigwam not said here | away property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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