Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 19
I gladly take this opportunity to express my gratitude to my friend, Mr. A. S. Gatschet of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, for a great deal of valuable advice and instruction given to me at different times during my American researches.
Who acts: I, my · What happens: take, express, give, deal, research · To what, where: opportunity, gratitude, friend, instruction, me, valuable advice
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 (I, my), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | gladly | gladly | ADV | _ | 3 take | advmod |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 opportunity | det |
| 5 | opportunity | opportunity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 express | mark |
| 7 | express | express | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 opportunity | acl |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 gratitude | nmod:poss |
| 9 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 express | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 friend | case |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 friend | nmod:poss |
| 12 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 express | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Gatschet | punct |
| 14 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 A. | nmod:desc |
| 15 | A. | A. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Gatschet | compound |
| 16 | S. | S. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Gatschet | compound |
| 17 | Gatschet | Gatschet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Institution | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Institution | det |
| 20 | Smithsonian | Smithsonian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Institution | compound |
| 21 | Institution | institution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Gatschet | nmod |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 Washington | case |
| 23 | Washington | Washington | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Institution | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 deal | punct |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 deal | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 deal | det |
| 27 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 deal | amod |
| 28 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 advice | case |
| 30 | valuable | valuable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 advice | amod |
| 31 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 deal | nmod |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 instruction | cc |
| 33 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 advice | conj |
| 34 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 instruction | acl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 me | case |
| 36 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 given | obl |
| 37 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 times | case |
| 38 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 times | amod |
| 39 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 given | obl |
| 40 | during | during | ADP | _ | 43 researches | case |
| 41 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 researches | nmod:poss |
| 42 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 researches | amod |
| 43 | researches | research | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 given | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | I | this opportunity | for a great deal of valuable advice and instruction; A. S. Gatschet of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington obl; gladly property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme for deal=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | express | to-infinitive | I not said here | my gratitude | my friend | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme to friend=Recipient | |||
| 3 | give | participle | instruction not said here | me | during my American researches; time | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient | |||
| 4 | deal | valuable advice and instruction | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | research | my | nom research «act transitive»: 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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