Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 101
The manuscripts which he sent me contained both the Indian text and a translation into Indian-English, which I have rearranged in an idiom I trust somewhat more intelligible to the general reader.
Who acts: Passamaquoddy, manuscripts, I · What happens: send, contain, rearrange, trust · To what, where: manuscripts, Indian text, Indian English, idiom
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Passamaquoddy, manuscripts, I), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 manuscripts | det |
| 2 | manuscripts | manuscript | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 contained | nsubj |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 sent | obj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sent | nsubj |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 manuscripts | acl:relcl |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 sent | obj |
| 7 | contained | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 11 text | cc:preconj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 text | det |
| 10 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 text | amod |
| 11 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contained | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 translation | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 translation | det |
| 14 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 text | conj |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 English | case |
| 16 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 English | amod |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 English | punct |
| 18 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 contained | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 rearranged | punct |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 rearranged | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 rearranged | nsubj |
| 22 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 rearranged | aux |
| 23 | rearranged | rearrange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 English | parataxis |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 idiom | case |
| 25 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 idiom | det |
| 26 | idiom | idiom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 rearranged | obl |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 trust | nsubj |
| 28 | trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 idiom | acl:relcl |
| 29 | somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 31 intelligible | advmod |
| 30 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 31 intelligible | advmod |
| 31 | intelligible | intelligible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 trust | ccomp |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 reader | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 reader | det |
| 34 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 reader | amod |
| 35 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 intelligible | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 contained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | Passamaquoddy | the manuscripts | me obj | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent which=Destination i=Theme | |||
| 2 | contain | past | the manuscripts | the Indian text and a translation | Indian English | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot text=Theme | |||
| 3 | rearrange | present · perfect · passive | Indian English | a idiom | I nsubj | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | |||
| 4 | trust | present | I | a idiom not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idiom=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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