Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 106
[10] It is well known that the Abenakis of Canada are the direct descendants (of course with some admixture of French and other blood) of the majority of the savages who escaped from the great battle of the Kennebec in Maine, where the English commander Bradford overthrew their tribe on December 3, 1679.
Who acts: Abenakis, savages, English commander · What happens: know, be, escape, overthrow, admix, battle · To what, where: examination, direct descendants, great battle, tribe, 3, French
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 (Abenakis, savages, English commander), 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 10 | punct |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 known | parataxis |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 10 | punct |
| 4 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 known | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 known | aux:pass |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 known | advmod |
| 7 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 descendants | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Abenakis | det |
| 10 | Abenakis | Abenaki | PROPN | Number=Plur | 16 descendants | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Canada | case |
| 12 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Abenakis | nmod |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 descendants | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 descendants | det |
| 15 | direct | direct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 descendants | amod |
| 16 | descendants | descendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 known | conj |
| 17 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 22 admixture | punct |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 admixture | case |
| 19 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 of | fixed |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 admixture | case |
| 21 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 22 admixture | det |
| 22 | admixture | admixture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 descendants | appos |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 French | case |
| 24 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 admixture | nmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 blood | cc |
| 26 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 blood | amod |
| 27 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 admixture | conj |
| 28 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 22 admixture | punct |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 majority | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 majority | det |
| 31 | majority | majority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 descendants | nmod |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 savages | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 savages | det |
| 34 | savages | savage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 majority | nmod |
| 35 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 escaped | nsubj |
| 36 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 savages | acl:relcl |
| 37 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 battle | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 battle | det |
| 39 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 battle | amod |
| 40 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 escaped | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Kennebec | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Kennebec | det |
| 43 | Kennebec | Kennebec | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 battle | nmod |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 Maine | case |
| 45 | Maine | Maine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 escaped | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 overthrew | punct |
| 47 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 52 overthrew | advmod |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 commander | det |
| 49 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 commander | amod |
| 50 | commander | commander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 overthrew | nsubj |
| 51 | Bradford | Bradford | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 commander | appos |
| 52 | overthrew | overthrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 Maine | acl:relcl |
| 53 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 tribe | nmod:poss |
| 54 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 overthrew | obj |
| 55 | on | on | ADP | _ | 57 3 | case |
| 56 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 3 | nmod:unmarked |
| 57 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 52 overthrew | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 3 | punct |
| 59 | 1679 | 1679 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 57 3 | flat |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 known | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · passive | examination | 10 parataxis; well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the Abenakis of Canada | the direct descendants | of the majority of the savages; some admixture of French and other blood appos | tree rules | |||
| 3 | escape | past | the savages | the great battle of the Kennebec | in Maine | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from battle=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | overthrow | past | the English commander | Abenakis's tribe | 3 December | tree rules | |||
| 5 | admix | French | nom admixture «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | battle | the Kennebec | nom battle «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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