Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 71
A general council was accordingly called, by which it was decided that ‘as long as the sun rises and sets, as long as the great lakes send their waters to the sea, so long should peace reign over the two tribes.’
Who acts: sun, great lakes · What happens: call, decide, rise, set, send · To what, where: general council, council, waters, sea · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (sun, great lakes), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 council | det |
| 2 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 council | amod |
| 3 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | aux:pass |
| 5 | accordingly | accordingly | ADV | _ | 6 called | advmod |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 decided | punct |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 decided | obl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 decided | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 decided | aux:pass |
| 12 | decided | decide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 called | conj |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 long | nsubj |
| 14 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 long | punct |
| 15 | as | as | ADV | _ | 16 long | advmod |
| 16 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 decided | advmod |
| 17 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 rises | mark |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sun | det |
| 19 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 rises | nsubj |
| 20 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 long | advcl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 sets | cc |
| 22 | sets | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 rises | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 long | punct |
| 24 | as | as | ADV | _ | 25 long | advmod |
| 25 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 22 sets | advmod |
| 26 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 30 send | mark |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 lakes | det |
| 28 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 lakes | amod |
| 29 | lakes | lake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 send | nsubj |
| 30 | send | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 long | advcl |
| 31 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 waters | nmod:poss |
| 32 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 send | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 sea | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 sea | det |
| 35 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 send | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 reign | punct |
| 37 | so | so | ADV | _ | 38 long | advmod |
| 38 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 41 reign | advmod |
| 39 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 reign | aux |
| 40 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 reign | compound |
| 41 | reign | reign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | obl |
| 42 | over | over | ADP | _ | 45 tribes | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 tribes | det |
| 44 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 45 tribes | nummod |
| 45 | tribes | tribe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 reign | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
| 47 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past · passive | a general council | peace reign over the two tribes obl; accordingly property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | decide | past · passive | council | which obl; long property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 3 | rise | present | the sun | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | set | present | the sun not said here | long property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | send | present | the great lakes | lakes's waters | the sea | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme to sea=Destination |
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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