Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 8
But Lox, who thought it was A blanket made of fur, Soon threw the cover off, And then the chief and all Admired the plucky guest Who seemed to have no care Of cold, or for their care; And little did he care-- The Indian Devil, Lox.
Who acts: Lox, stranger, Soon, plucky guest, others · What happens: think, be, make, throw off, admire, seem · To what, where: blanket, cover, plucky guest, care · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Lox, stranger, Soon, plucky guest), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 thought | cc |
| 2 | Lox | Lox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 thought | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 thought | nsubj |
| 5 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 blanket | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 blanket | cop |
| 8 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 blanket | det |
| 9 | blanket | blanket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thought | ccomp |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 blanket | acl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 fur | case |
| 12 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 threw | punct |
| 14 | Soon | Soon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 threw | nsubj |
| 15 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 blanket | parataxis |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 cover | det |
| 17 | cover | cover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 threw | obj |
| 18 | off | off | ADP | _ | 15 threw | compound:prt |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 chief | punct |
| 20 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 chief | cc |
| 21 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 chief | advmod |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 chief | det |
| 23 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 blanket | conj |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 Admired | cc |
| 25 | all | all | ADV | _ | 26 Admired | advmod |
| 26 | Admired | admire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 chief | conj |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 guest | det |
| 28 | plucky | plucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 guest | amod |
| 29 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Admired | obj |
| 30 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 seemed | nsubj |
| 31 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 guest | acl:relcl |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 have | mark |
| 33 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 seemed | xcomp |
| 34 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 35 care | det |
| 35 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 have | obj |
| 36 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 37 cold | case |
| 37 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 care | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 care | punct |
| 39 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 42 care | cc |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 care | case |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 care | nmod:poss |
| 42 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 have | conj |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 care | punct |
| 44 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 care | cc |
| 45 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 care | advmod |
| 46 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 care | aux |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 care | nsubj |
| 48 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thought | ccomp |
| 49 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 52 Devil | punct |
| 50 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Devil | det |
| 51 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 Devil | amod |
| 52 | Devil | Devil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 care | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 Lox | punct |
| 54 | Lox | Lox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 Devil | flat |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Lox | who nsubj | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | stranger | a blanket and the chief | the chief conj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | make | participle | a blanket and the chief not said here | of fur | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 4 | throw off | past | Soon | the cover | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme | ||||
| 5 | admire | past | stranger not said here | the plucky guest | all property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guest=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | seem | past | the plucky guest | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 7 | have | to-infinitive | the plucky guest not said here | no care of cold | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Patient | ||||
| 8 | care | past · do-support | Lox | the Indian Devil conj | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | care | others = other | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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