Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 57
The latter on hearing of the murder could think only of vengeance, and positively refused to listen to the Passamaquoddy chief’s attempt at reconciliation.
Who acts: latter, Passamaquoddy chief · What happens: think, refuse, not listen, attempt · To what, where: reconciliation
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 (latter, Passamaquoddy chief), 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 latter | det |
| 2 | latter | latter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 think | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 hearing | case |
| 4 | hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 think | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 murder | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 murder | det |
| 7 | murder | murder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 think | obl |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 think | aux |
| 9 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 12 vengeance | advmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 vengeance | case |
| 12 | vengeance | vengeance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 think | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 refused | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 refused | cc |
| 15 | positively | positively | ADV | _ | 16 refused | advmod |
| 16 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 think | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 listen | mark |
| 18 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 refused | xcomp |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 attempt | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 chief | det |
| 21 | Passamaquoddy | Passamaquoddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 chief | compound |
| 22 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 attempt | nmod:poss |
| 23 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 22 chief | case |
| 24 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 listen | obl |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 26 reconciliation | case |
| 26 | reconciliation | reconciliation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 attempt | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 think | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | could | the latter | of the murder; of vengeance; on hearing | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on hearing=Topic | ||||
| 2 | refuse | past | the latter not said here | positively property | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not listen | to-infinitive | the latter not said here | to the Passamaquoddy chief's attempt at reconciliation | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to attempt=Theme | ||||
| 4 | attempt | the Passamaquoddy chief | reconciliation | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place |
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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