Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 105
The chief himself was not allowed to go into battle, but was expected to stay with his people and to give orders in time of danger.
Who acts: chief · What happens: not allow, go, expect, stay, give · To what, where: chief, battle, orders
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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 chief | det |
| 2 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 2 chief | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 allowed | advmod |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 go | mark |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 allowed | xcomp |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 battle | case |
| 10 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 go | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 expected | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 expected | cc |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 expected | aux:pass |
| 14 | expected | expect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 allowed | conj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 stay | mark |
| 16 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 expected | xcomp |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 people | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 people | nmod:poss |
| 19 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 stay | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 give | cc |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 give | mark |
| 22 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 stay | conj |
| 23 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 give | obj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 time | case |
| 25 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 give | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 danger | case |
| 27 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 time | nmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 allowed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | past · passive | the chief CHIEF | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | the chief CHIEF not said here | battle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into battle=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | expect | past · passive | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: clause=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | with CHIEF's people | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with people=Location | |||||
| 5 | give | to-infinitive | orders | time | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
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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