Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 18, sentence 138
So, when the tree had fallen, And the game became their booty, The woman tanned the skin Which was strangely large and glossy And gave it to the Indian Who took it and went away.
Who acts: tree, game, woman, skin · What happens: fall, become, tan, be, give, take · To what, where: booty, skin, tree, Indian
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tree, game, woman, skin), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 7 fallen | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fallen | punct |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 fallen | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tree | det |
| 5 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fallen | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fallen | aux |
| 7 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 became | punct |
| 9 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 became | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 game | det |
| 11 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 became | nsubj |
| 12 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fallen | parataxis |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 booty | nmod:poss |
| 14 | booty | booty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 became | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 tanned | punct |
| 16 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 woman | det |
| 17 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 tanned | nsubj |
| 18 | tanned | tan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 became | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 skin | det |
| 20 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 tanned | obj |
| 21 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 large | nsubj |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 large | cop |
| 23 | strangely | strangely | ADV | _ | 24 large | advmod |
| 24 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 skin | acl:relcl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 glossy | cc |
| 26 | glossy | glossy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 large | conj |
| 27 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 gave | cc |
| 28 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 tanned | conj |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 gave | obj |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 Indian | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Indian | det |
| 32 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 gave | obl |
| 33 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 took | nsubj |
| 34 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 Indian | acl:relcl |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 took | obj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 went | cc |
| 37 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 took | conj |
| 38 | away | away | ADV | _ | 37 went | advmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fallen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past · perfect | the tree | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | become | past | the game | Twas's booty | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | tan | past | the woman | the skin | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is | past | the skin | large, strangely property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | be | the skin not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | give | past | the woman not said here | tree | the Indian | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to indian=Recipient | |||
| 7 | take | past | tree | Who nsubj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 8 | go away | past | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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