Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 17, sentence 96
Out of the smoke-hole, in careful silence Flitted Squʿtes, and when far from the wigwam, In the fresh air and the beautiful sunshine, Heard other song-birds far beneath her.
Who acts: careful silence, Heard · What happens: flit, bird · To what, where: Squʿtes, smoke hole
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 (careful silence, Heard), 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 | Out | out | ADP | _ | 6 hole | case |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 hole | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hole | det |
| 4 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hole | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 smoke | punct |
| 6 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 silence | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 silence | case |
| 9 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 silence | amod |
| 10 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hole | appos |
| 11 | Flitted | flit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 silence | acl |
| 12 | Squʿtes | Squʿtes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Flitted | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 wigwam | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 wigwam | cc |
| 15 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 far | advmod |
| 16 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 wigwam | advmod |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 wigwam | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 wigwam | det |
| 19 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hole | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 air | punct |
| 21 | In | in | ADP | _ | 24 air | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 air | det |
| 23 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 air | amod |
| 24 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hole | conj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 sunshine | cc |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 sunshine | det |
| 27 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 sunshine | amod |
| 28 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hole | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 birds | punct |
| 30 | Heard | Heard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 birds | nsubj |
| 31 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 birds | amod |
| 32 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 birds | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 song | punct |
| 34 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hole | conj |
| 35 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 34 birds | advmod |
| 36 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 37 her | case |
| 37 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 far | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 hole | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flit | participle | careful silence not said here | Squʿtes | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location squʿtes=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bird | Heard | far 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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