Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 19, sentence 97
When they arrived at each nation, they notified the people that the great Indian nations of the Iroquois, Mohawks and others had sent them to announce the tidings of a great _Lagootwagon_ or general council for a treaty of peace.
Who acts: tribes · What happens: arrive, notify, send, announce · To what, where: nation, people, great Indian nations, tidings
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 (tribes), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 arrived | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arrived | nsubj |
| 3 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 notified | advcl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 nation | case |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 nation | det |
| 6 | nation | nation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 arrived | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 arrived | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 notified | nsubj |
| 9 | notified | notify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 people | det |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 notified | obj |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 sent | obj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 nations | det |
| 14 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 nations | amod |
| 15 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 nations | amod |
| 16 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Iroquois | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Iroquois | det |
| 19 | Iroquois | Iroquois | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 nations | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Mohawks | punct |
| 21 | Mohawks | mohawk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 others | cc |
| 23 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 Mohawks | conj |
| 24 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 sent | aux |
| 25 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 people | acl:relcl |
| 26 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 sent | obj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 announce | mark |
| 28 | announce | announce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 sent | advcl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 tidings | det |
| 30 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 announce | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Lagootwagon | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 Lagootwagon | det |
| 33 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 Lagootwagon | amod |
| 34 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 33 great | punct |
| 35 | Lagootwagon | Lagootwagon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 tidings | nmod |
| 36 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 30 tidings | punct |
| 37 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 39 council | cc |
| 38 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 council | amod |
| 39 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 tidings | conj |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 treaty | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 treaty | det |
| 42 | treaty | treaty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 announce | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 peace | case |
| 44 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 treaty | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 notified | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | tribes = tribe | each nation | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | notify speech: other | past | tribes = tribe | the people | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | send | past · perfect · passive | the great Indian nations of the Iroquois | the people obj; Mohawks and others nsubj:pass; tribes = tribe obj | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | announce speech: other | to-infinitive | the tidings of a great Lagootwagon or general council | for a treaty of peace | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiding=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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