Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 76
“After the great Micmac war was ended, the Passamaquoddies lived at peace except for occasional raids of Mohawks, but the latter finally received a blow from which they never recovered, the details of which are as follows: It was the custom of the Mohawks to make night attacks, and at one time, when the Passamaquoddies were at the head of Passamaquoddy Bay, the Mohawks approached the camp, which was called Quenasquamcook, with the purpose of utterly destroying it.
Who acts: great Micmac war, ended Passamaquoddies, latter, ceremonies, war, Passamaquoddies · What happens: be, live, receive, not recover, make, approach · To what, where: peace, blow, details, custom, night attacks, head · 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 (great Micmac war, ended Passamaquoddies, latter, 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 | _ | 12 lived | punct |
| 2 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 ended | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 war | det |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 war | amod |
| 5 | Micmac | Micmac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 war | compound |
| 6 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ended | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 ended | cop |
| 8 | ended | ended | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Passamaquoddies | amod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ended | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Passamaquoddies | det |
| 11 | Passamaquoddies | Passamaquoddy | PROPN | Number=Plur | 12 lived | nsubj |
| 12 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 peace | case |
| 14 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lived | obl |
| 15 | except | except | ADP | _ | 18 raids | case |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 except | fixed |
| 17 | occasional | occasional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 raids | amod |
| 18 | raids | raid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 peace | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Mohawks | case |
| 20 | Mohawks | mohawk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 raids | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 received | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 received | cc |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 latter | det |
| 24 | latter | latter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 received | nsubj |
| 25 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 26 received | advmod |
| 26 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 lived | conj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 blow | det |
| 28 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 received | obj |
| 29 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 which | case |
| 30 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 recovered | obl |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 recovered | nsubj |
| 32 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 33 recovered | advmod |
| 33 | recovered | recover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 blow | acl:relcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 details | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 details | det |
| 36 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 recovered | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 which | case |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 follows | obl |
| 39 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 follows | cop |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 follows | mark |
| 41 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 details | acl:relcl |
| 42 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 46 custom | punct |
| 43 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 custom | nsubj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 custom | cop |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 custom | det |
| 46 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 received | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Mohawks | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Mohawks | det |
| 49 | Mohawks | mohawk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 custom | nmod |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 make | mark |
| 51 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 Mohawks | acl |
| 52 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 attacks | compound |
| 53 | attacks | attack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 make | obj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 time | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 time | cc |
| 56 | at | at | ADP | _ | 58 time | case |
| 57 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 58 time | nummod |
| 58 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lived | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 time | punct |
| 60 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 66 head | advmod |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 Passamaquoddies | det |
| 62 | Passamaquoddies | Passamaquoddy | PROPN | Number=Plur | 66 head | nsubj |
| 63 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 head | cop |
| 64 | at | at | ADP | _ | 66 head | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 head | det |
| 66 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 time | nmod |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 Bay | case |
| 68 | Passamaquoddy | Passamaquoddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 Bay | compound |
| 69 | Bay | Bay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 head | nmod |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 approached | punct |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 Mohawks | det |
| 72 | Mohawks | mohawk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 approached | nsubj |
| 73 | approached | approach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 head | conj |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 camp | det |
| 75 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 approached | obj |
| 76 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 79 called | punct |
| 77 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 79 called | nsubj:pass |
| 78 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 79 called | aux:pass |
| 79 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 75 camp | acl:relcl |
| 80 | Quenasquamcook | Quenasquamcook | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 called | xcomp |
| 81 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 84 purpose | punct |
| 82 | with | with | ADP | _ | 84 purpose | case |
| 83 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 84 purpose | det |
| 84 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 called | advcl |
| 85 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 87 destroying | mark |
| 86 | utterly | utterly | ADV | _ | 87 destroying | advmod |
| 87 | destroying | destroy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 84 purpose | acl |
| 88 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 87 destroying | obj |
| 89 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 lived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | the great Micmac war | ended property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live in a quote | past | the ended Passamaquoddies | peace except occasional raids of Mohawks | time | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at peace=Location | |||
| 3 | receive in a quote | past | the latter | a blow | finally property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme | |||
| 4 | not recover in a quote | past | ceremonies = ceremony | the details | a blow | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from which=Source | |||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | of the details; follow property | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | past | war | the custom | of the Mohawks | tree rules | |||
| 7 | make in a quote | to-infinitive | war not said here | night attacks | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset attack=Product | ||||
| 8 | is in a quote | past | the Passamaquoddies | the head | of Passamaquoddy Bay | tree rules | |||
| 9 | approach in a quote | past | the Mohawks | the camp | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Theme | ||||
| 10 | call in a quote | past · passive | the camp | Quenasquamcook xcomp; the purpose advcl | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 11 | destroy in a quote | gerund | the purpose not said here | camp | utterly property | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 12 | raid in a quote | Mohawks | nom raid «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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