Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 44
The chief of the stranger tribe then arose and formally announced to his people the desire of the envoys, stating his willingness to go to aid them, his fatherless brothers, in choosing a new father.
Who acts: chief · What happens: arise, announce, state, go, aid, choose · To what, where: desire, people, willingness, envoys, new father
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 | 8 arose | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tribe | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tribe | det |
| 5 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tribe | compound |
| 6 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chief | nmod |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 arose | advmod |
| 8 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 announced | cc |
| 10 | formally | formally | ADV | _ | 11 announced | advmod |
| 11 | announced | announce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 arose | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 people | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 people | nmod:poss |
| 14 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 announced | obl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 desire | det |
| 16 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 announced | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 envoys | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 envoys | det |
| 19 | envoys | envoy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 desire | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 stating | punct |
| 21 | stating | state | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 announced | advcl |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 willingness | nmod:poss |
| 23 | willingness | willingness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 stating | obj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 go | mark |
| 25 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 stating | advcl |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 aid | mark |
| 27 | aid | aid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 go | xcomp |
| 28 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 aid | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 brothers | punct |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 31 | fatherless | fatherless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 brothers | amod |
| 32 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 stating | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 choosing | punct |
| 34 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 35 choosing | mark |
| 35 | choosing | choose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 stating | conj |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 father | det |
| 37 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 father | amod |
| 38 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 choosing | obj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 arose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arise | past | the chief of the stranger tribe | then | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | announce speech: other | past | the chief of the stranger tribe not said here | the desire of the envoys | tribe's people | formally property | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent desire=Theme to people=Recipient | ||
| 3 | state speech: other | gerund | the chief of the stranger tribe not said here | tribe's willingness | tribe's fatherless brothers obl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent willingness=Topic | |||
| 4 | go | to-infinitive | the chief of the stranger tribe not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | aid | to-infinitive | the chief of the stranger tribe not said here | envoys = envoy | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | ||||
| 6 | choose | gerund | the chief of the stranger tribe not said here | a new father | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | ||||
| 7 | desire | the envoys | nom desire «feeling 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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