Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 94
As the head of Monimques drooped on his shoulder And as the pipe stem dropped from his fingers And as the little Wʾnagʾmeswuk The tiny fairies who tap the eyelids, Soothed him into deepest slumber, Softly the Red Bird rose and taking A birchen bucket, filled it with water.
Who acts: head, pipe stem, tiny fairies, Softly · What happens: droop, drop, tap, soothe, rise, take · To what, where: shoulder, fingers, eyelids, stem, deepest slumber, birchen bucket
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 (head, pipe stem, tiny fairies, Softly), 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 | _ | 6 drooped | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 head | det |
| 3 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drooped | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Monimques | case |
| 5 | Monimques | Monimques | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 head | nmod |
| 6 | drooped | droop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 Soothed | advcl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 shoulder | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 9 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drooped | obl |
| 10 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 dropped | cc |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 dropped | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 stem | det |
| 13 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stem | compound |
| 14 | stem | stem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dropped | nsubj |
| 15 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 drooped | conj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 fingers | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 fingers | nmod:poss |
| 18 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 dropped | obl |
| 19 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 Wʾnagʾmeswuk | cc |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | _ | 23 Wʾnagʾmeswuk | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Wʾnagʾmeswuk | det |
| 22 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 Wʾnagʾmeswuk | amod |
| 23 | Wʾnagʾmeswuk | Wʾnagʾmeswuk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 fingers | conj |
| 24 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 fairies | det |
| 25 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 fairies | amod |
| 26 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 Wʾnagʾmeswuk | nmod |
| 27 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 tap | nsubj |
| 28 | tap | tap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 fairies | acl:relcl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 eyelids | det |
| 30 | eyelids | eyelid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 tap | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Soothed | punct |
| 32 | Soothed | soothe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 Soothed | obj |
| 34 | into | into | ADP | _ | 36 slumber | case |
| 35 | deepest | deep | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 36 slumber | amod |
| 36 | slumber | slumber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 rose | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Softly | punct |
| 38 | Softly | Softly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 rose | nsubj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 Bird | det |
| 40 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Bird | flat |
| 41 | Bird | Bird | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Softly | acl:relcl |
| 42 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 Soothed | conj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 taking | cc |
| 44 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 42 rose | conj |
| 45 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 bucket | det |
| 46 | birchen | birchen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 bucket | amod |
| 47 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 taking | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 filled | punct |
| 49 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 rose | conj |
| 50 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 filled | obj |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 water | case |
| 52 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 filled | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 Soothed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | droop | past | the head of Monimques | Monimques's shoulder | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location | ||||
| 2 | drop | past | the pipe stem | Monimques's fingers and the little Wʾnagʾmeswuk the tiny fairies | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from finger=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | tap | present | the tiny fairies | the eyelids | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent eyelid=Location | ||||
| 4 | soothe | past | stem | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | rise | past | Softly the Red Bird | deepest slumber | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into slumber=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | take | gerund | Softly the Red Bird not said here | a birchen bucket | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme | ||||
| 7 | fill | past | Softly the Red Bird not said here | bucket | with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with water=Instrument |
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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