Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 41
The following brief historical sketch, taken from the manuscripts of the Passamaquoddy Louis Mitchell, will give some idea of the conditions which prevailed among the Wabanaki previous to the coming of the Europeans.
Who acts: brief historical sketch, idea · What happens: follow, take, give, prevail, come · To what, where: brief historical sketch, manuscripts, idea, Wabanaki previous
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 (brief historical sketch, idea), 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 | 5 sketch | det |
| 2 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 sketch | case |
| 3 | brief | brief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sketch | amod |
| 4 | historical | historical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sketch | amod |
| 5 | sketch | sketch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 give | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 taken | punct |
| 7 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 sketch | acl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 manuscripts | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 manuscripts | det |
| 10 | manuscripts | manuscript | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 taken | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Louis | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Louis | det |
| 13 | Passamaquoddy | Passamaquoddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Louis | compound |
| 14 | Louis | Louis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 manuscripts | nmod |
| 15 | Mitchell | Mitchell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Louis | flat |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sketch | punct |
| 17 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 give | aux |
| 18 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 19 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 20 idea | det |
| 20 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 give | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 conditions | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 conditions | det |
| 23 | conditions | condition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 idea | nmod |
| 24 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 prevailed | nsubj |
| 25 | prevailed | prevail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 idea | acl:relcl |
| 26 | among | among | ADP | _ | 29 previous | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 previous | det |
| 28 | Wabanaki | Wabanaki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 previous | compound |
| 29 | previous | previous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 prevailed | obl |
| 30 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 32 coming | mark |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 coming | det |
| 32 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 prevailed | advcl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Europeans | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Europeans | det |
| 35 | Europeans | European | PROPN | Number=Plur | 32 coming | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | take | participle | the brief historical sketch not said here | the manuscripts of the Passamaquoddy Louis | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from manuscript=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | give | future | the brief historical sketch | some idea of the conditions | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme | ||||
| 4 | prevail | past | some idea of the conditions | the Wabanaki previous | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among previous=Location | ||||
| 5 | come | gerund | some idea of the conditions not said here | of the Europeans | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of european=Initial_Location |
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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