Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 72
“The usual ceremonies for making peace were then observed, as follows: (1) a marriage was contracted between a brave of the challenging people and a maiden of the challenged people.
Who acts: usual ceremonies · What happens: make, observe, follow, contract, challenge · To what, where: peace, usual ceremonies, marriage
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 (usual ceremonies), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 observed | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ceremonies | det |
| 3 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ceremonies | amod |
| 4 | ceremonies | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 observed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 making | mark |
| 6 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 ceremonies | acl |
| 7 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 making | obj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 observed | aux:pass |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 observed | advmod |
| 10 | observed | observe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 follows | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 follows | punct |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 follows | mark |
| 13 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 contracted | punct |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 16 1 | punct |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 contracted | obl |
| 17 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 16 1 | punct |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 marriage | det |
| 19 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 contracted | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 contracted | aux:pass |
| 21 | contracted | contract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 follows | conj |
| 22 | between | between | ADP | _ | 24 brave | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 brave | det |
| 24 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 contracted | xcomp |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 people | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 people | det |
| 27 | challenging | challenging | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 people | amod |
| 28 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 brave | obl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 maiden | cc |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 maiden | det |
| 31 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 people | conj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 people | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 people | det |
| 34 | challenged | challenge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 people | amod |
| 35 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 maiden | nmod |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 follows | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make in a quote | gerund | the usual ceremonies not said here | peace | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product | ||||
| 2 | observe in a quote | past · passive | the usual ceremonies | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 3 | follow in a quote | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | contract in a quote | past · passive | a marriage | 1 obl; brave property | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 5 | challenge in a quote | participle | 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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