Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 56
When the singing was over, the chief seated himself in the midst of the hall with a small drum in one hand and a stick in the other.
Who acts: singing, chief · What happens: be, seat · To what, where: CHIEF, midst
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 (singing, 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 | 5 over | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 singing | det |
| 3 | singing | singing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 over | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 over | cop |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 seated | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chief | det |
| 8 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seated | nsubj |
| 9 | seated | seat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 over | advcl |
| 10 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 seated | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 midst | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 midst | det |
| 13 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seated | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 hall | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 hall | det |
| 16 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 midst | nmod |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 drum | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 drum | det |
| 19 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 drum | amod |
| 20 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hall | nmod |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 hand | case |
| 22 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 hand | nummod |
| 23 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seated | obl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 stick | cc |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 stick | det |
| 26 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 hand | conj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 other | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 other | det |
| 29 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 stick | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 over | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the singing | over property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | seat | past | the chief | CHIEF | the midst of the hall with a small drum | in one hand and a stick in the other | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Value in midst=Location |
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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