Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 28
On the other hand, the Algonkin languages, by reason of their very power to form these long idea-words, are admirably adapted for narration and song, however poor a medium they might be for modern business.
Who acts: these, languages · What happens: form, word, adapt, be · To what, where: Algonkin languages, other hand, medium
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 (these, languages), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 hand | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hand | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hand | amod |
| 4 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 adapted | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hand | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 languages | det |
| 7 | Algonkin | Algonkin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 languages | compound |
| 8 | languages | language | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 adapted | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 reason | punct |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 reason | case |
| 11 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 languages | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 power | case |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 power | nmod:poss |
| 14 | very | very | ADV | _ | 15 power | advmod |
| 15 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 reason | nmod |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 form | mark |
| 17 | form | form | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 reason | acl |
| 18 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 22 words | nsubj |
| 19 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 words | amod |
| 20 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 words | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 idea | punct |
| 22 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 form | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 languages | punct |
| 24 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 adapted | aux:pass |
| 25 | admirably | admirably | ADV | _ | 26 adapted | advmod |
| 26 | adapted | adapt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 narration | case |
| 28 | narration | narration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 adapted | obl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 song | cc |
| 30 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 narration | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 poor | punct |
| 32 | however | however | ADV | _ | 33 poor | advmod |
| 33 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 adapted | conj |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 medium | det |
| 35 | medium | medium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 poor | nsubj |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 business | nsubj |
| 37 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 business | aux |
| 38 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 41 business | cop |
| 39 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 business | case |
| 40 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 business | amod |
| 41 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 medium | acl:relcl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 adapted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | to-infinitive | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | word | these | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | adapt | present · passive | the Algonkin languages and reason of languages's power | the other hand | for narration and song; admirably property | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 4 | is | might | languages = language | a medium not said here | for modern business | tree rules |
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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