Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 120
It was the duty of the young Indian man who wished to marry to inform his parents of his desire, stating the name of the maiden.
Who acts: Rite, young Indian man, ceremony · What happens: be, wish, marry, inform, state, desire · To what, where: duty, parents, name, maiden
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 (Rite, young Indian man, ceremony), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 duty | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 duty | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 duty | det |
| 4 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 man | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 7 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | amod |
| 8 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | amod |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 duty | nmod |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 wished | nsubj |
| 11 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 man | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 marry | mark |
| 13 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 wished | xcomp |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 inform | mark |
| 15 | inform | inform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 marry | xcomp |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 parents | nmod:poss |
| 17 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 inform | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 desire | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 desire | nmod:poss |
| 20 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 parents | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 stating | punct |
| 22 | stating | state | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 inform | advcl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 name | det |
| 24 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 stating | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 maiden | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 maiden | det |
| 27 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 name | nmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 duty | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Rite | the duty | of the young Indian man | tree rules | |||
| 2 | wish | past | the young Indian man | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | the young Indian man not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | inform speech: other | to-infinitive | the young Indian man not said here | ceremony's parents of ceremony's desire | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | state speech: other | gerund | the young Indian man not said here | the name of the maiden | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic | ||||
| 6 | desire | ceremony | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | name | the maiden | nom name «communication 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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