Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 72
Apch etuchi apkw-timootit wigwam liwitassoo mʾsittakw-wen tlewestoo nitt na guni omache pootwuswinya; mʾsioo potwooswin wʾtoknootmʾn elipipyaks naga mech matnuttitit mʾsioo eli wʾsikyoltotitits guenipnʾltimʾk; nittlo alteketch tepnasko yotipit-hatosoo naga kʾtemakitt-haman wʾtepittemowa wʾtowasismowa naga mamatwikoltijik; mechi mieu yokli-wʾsikyaspenik tahalote saglit-hat wʾsikap naga mʾtappeguin.
Who acts: mʾsioo potwooswin, nittlo · What happens: elipipyak, mʾtappeguin · To what, where: matnuttitit mʾsioo eli, mʾsittakw wen tlewestoo nitt
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mʾsioo potwooswin, nittlo), 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 | Apch | Apch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 wigwam | compound |
| 2 | etuchi | etuchi | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 Apch | dep |
| 3 | apkw | apkw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 timootit | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 apkw | punct |
| 5 | timootit | timootit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wigwam | compound |
| 6 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nitt | nsubj |
| 7 | liwitassoo | liwitassoo | ADV | _ | 12 nitt | advmod |
| 8 | mʾsittakw | mʾsittakw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nitt | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 mʾsittakw | punct |
| 10 | wen | wen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nitt | compound |
| 11 | tlewestoo | tlewestoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nitt | compound |
| 12 | nitt | nitt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | na | na | X | Foreign=Yes | 14 guni | flat:foreign |
| 14 | guni | guni | X | Foreign=Yes | 16 pootwuswinya | amod |
| 15 | omache | omache | X | Foreign=Yes | 14 guni | flat:foreign |
| 16 | pootwuswinya | pootwuswinya | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nitt | conj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 potwooswin | punct |
| 18 | mʾsioo | mʾsioo | X | _ | 19 potwooswin | compound |
| 19 | potwooswin | potwooswin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 elipipyaks | nsubj |
| 20 | wʾtoknootmʾn | wʾtoknootmʾn | X | Foreign=Yes | 19 potwooswin | dep |
| 21 | elipipyaks | elipipyak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 nitt | parataxis |
| 22 | naga | naga | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 mech | compound |
| 23 | mech | mech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 matnuttitit | compound |
| 24 | matnuttitit | matnuttitit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 eli | compound |
| 25 | mʾsioo | mʾsioo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 eli | compound |
| 26 | eli | eli | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 elipipyaks | obj |
| 27 | wʾsikyoltotitits | wʾsikyoltotitit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 guenipnʾltimʾk | compound |
| 28 | guenipnʾltimʾk | guenipnʾltimʾk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 eli | conj |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 mʾtappeguin | punct |
| 30 | nittlo | nittlo | X | Foreign=Yes | 56 mʾtappeguin | nsubj |
| 31 | alteketch | alteketch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 tepnasko | compound |
| 32 | tepnasko | tepnasko | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 hatosoo | compound |
| 33 | yotipit | yotipit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 hatosoo | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 yotipit | punct |
| 35 | hatosoo | hatosoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 nittlo | flat |
| 36 | naga | naga | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 hatosoo | list |
| 37 | kʾtemakitt | kʾtemakitt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 naga | appos |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 haman | punct |
| 39 | haman | haman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 kʾtemakitt | conj |
| 40 | wʾtepittemowa | wʾtepittemowa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 wʾtowasismowa | compound |
| 41 | wʾtowasismowa | wʾtowasismowa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 mamatwikoltijik | compound |
| 42 | naga | naga | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 mamatwikoltijik | compound |
| 43 | mamatwikoltijik | mamatwikoltijik | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 haman | conj |
| 44 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 nittlo | punct |
| 45 | mechi | mechi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 mieu | compound |
| 46 | mieu | mieu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 wʾsikyaspenik | compound |
| 47 | yokli | yokli | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 wʾsikyaspenik | compound |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 yokli | punct |
| 49 | wʾsikyaspenik | wʾsikyaspenik | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 tahalote | compound |
| 50 | tahalote | tahalote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 hat | compound |
| 51 | saglit | saglit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 hat | compound |
| 52 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 51 saglit | punct |
| 53 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 wʾsikap | compound |
| 54 | wʾsikap | wʾsikap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 naga | compound |
| 55 | naga | naga | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 mʾtappeguin | compound |
| 56 | mʾtappeguin | mʾtappeguin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nitt | conj |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 nitt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | elipipyak | present | mʾsioo potwooswin | matnuttitit mʾsioo eli and wʾsikyoltotitits guenipnʾltimʾk | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mʾtappeguin | nittlo | 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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