Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 55
When it was over the Indians dispersed, but returned later to the hall when the messengers sang again their salutation songs in honor of their forefathers, in reply to which the chief of the tribe sang his song of greeting.
Who acts: feast, Indians, messengers, chief, greeting · What happens: be, disperse, return, sing, honor · To what, where: Indians, salutation songs, honor, song, reply, forefathers
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 (feast, Indians, messengers, 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 dispersed | advmod |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 Indians | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 Indians | cop |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 Indians | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Indians | det |
| 6 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 dispersed | nsubj |
| 7 | dispersed | disperse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 returned | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 returned | cc |
| 10 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 dispersed | conj |
| 11 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 returned | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 hall | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hall | det |
| 14 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 returned | obl |
| 15 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 18 sang | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 messengers | det |
| 17 | messengers | messenger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 sang | nsubj |
| 18 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 dispersed | advcl |
| 19 | again | again | ADV | _ | 18 sang | advmod |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 songs | nmod:poss |
| 21 | salutation | salutation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 songs | compound |
| 22 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 sang | obj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 honor | case |
| 24 | honor | honor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sang | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 forefathers | case |
| 26 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 forefathers | nmod:poss |
| 27 | forefathers | forefather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 honor | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 reply | punct |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 reply | case |
| 30 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 forefathers | appos |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 which | case |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 sang | obl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 chief | det |
| 34 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 sang | nsubj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 tribe | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 tribe | det |
| 37 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 chief | nmod |
| 38 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 reply | acl:relcl |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 song | nmod:poss |
| 40 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 sang | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 greeting | case |
| 42 | greeting | greeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 song | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 dispersed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | feast | the Indians | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | disperse | past | the Indians | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | return | past | the Indians not said here | to the hall result; late property | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to hall=Result | ||||
| 4 | sing speech: express | past | the messengers | messengers's salutation songs | honor of messengers's forefathers | again | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ||
| 5 | sing speech: express | past | the chief of the tribe | CHIEF's song of greeting | reply | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to which=Recipient | |||
| 6 | sing | messengers = messenger | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | honor | messengers's forefathers | nom honor «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | sing | greeting | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
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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