Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 69
Then another foe came rushing after, Aplasemwesit the Little Whirlwind, Seeing the Red Leaf soon he seized it, Took it in triumph unto his grandsire The mighty Storm; when the chief beheld it, “This,” he said, “is no common capture, This is the Leaf of the Leaves, my grandson!
Who acts: foe, LEAF, chief, This · What happens: come, rush, see, seize, take, behold · To what, where: Aplasemwesit, Red Leaf, Whirlwind, triumph, Storm, common capture · 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 (foe, LEAF, chief, This), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 came | advmod |
| 2 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 foe | det |
| 3 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | rushing | rush | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 came | xcomp |
| 6 | after | after | ADV | _ | 5 rushing | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Aplasemwesit | punct |
| 8 | Aplasemwesit | Aplasemwesit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Whirlwind | det |
| 10 | Little | Little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Whirlwind | amod |
| 11 | Whirlwind | Whirlwind | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Aplasemwesit | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Seeing | punct |
| 13 | Seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 came | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Leaf | det |
| 15 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Leaf | flat |
| 16 | Leaf | Leaf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Seeing | obj |
| 17 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 seized | advmod |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 seized | nsubj |
| 19 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 Seeing | advcl |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 seized | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Took | punct |
| 22 | Took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 Took | obj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 triumph | case |
| 25 | triumph | triumph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Took | obl |
| 26 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 28 grandsire | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 grandsire | nmod:poss |
| 28 | grandsire | grandsire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Took | obl |
| 29 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Storm | det |
| 30 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 Storm | amod |
| 31 | Storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Took | obj |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 beheld | punct |
| 33 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 36 beheld | advmod |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 chief | det |
| 35 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 beheld | nsubj |
| 36 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 said | ccomp |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 beheld | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 This | punct |
| 39 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 This | punct |
| 40 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 beheld | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 This | punct |
| 42 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 beheld | punct |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 said | nsubj |
| 44 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | parataxis |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 capture | punct |
| 46 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 50 capture | punct |
| 47 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 capture | cop |
| 48 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 50 capture | det |
| 49 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 capture | amod |
| 50 | capture | capture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 said | ccomp |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 Leaf | punct |
| 52 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 55 Leaf | nsubj |
| 53 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 Leaf | cop |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 Leaf | det |
| 55 | Leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 capture | conj |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 Leaves | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Leaves | det |
| 58 | Leaves | Leaf | PROPN | Number=Plur | 55 Leaf | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 grandson | punct |
| 60 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 grandson | nmod:poss |
| 61 | grandson | grandson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 capture | conj |
| 62 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | another foe | Aplasemwesit | then | tree rules | |||
| 2 | rush | gerund | another foe not said here | after property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | gerund | another foe not said here | the Red Leaf | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leaf=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | seize | past | LEAF | Whirlwind | soon property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 5 | take | past | another foe not said here | Whirlwind | triumph | unto LEAF's grandsire; the mighty Storm obj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument it=Theme storm=Destination | ||
| 6 | behold | past | the chief | Storm | This obj | tree rules | |||
| 7 | say speech: express | past | chief | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | is a in a quote | present | no common capture and the Leaf and my grandson | my grandson conj | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | is a in a quote | present | This | the Leaf | of the Leaves | 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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