Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 59
As these feasts often lasted three weeks or a month, a dance being held every night, it was frequently a long time before they could go back to their own tribe, because the chief would detain them whenever they wished to return.
Who acts: feasts, feast, envoys, chief · What happens: last, hold, be, go back, detain, wish · To what, where: dance, long time, envoys
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 (feasts, feast, envoys, 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 lasted | mark |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 feasts | det |
| 3 | feasts | feast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lasted | nsubj |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 lasted | advmod |
| 5 | lasted | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 held | advcl |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 weeks | nummod |
| 7 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lasted | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 month | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 month | det |
| 10 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 weeks | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lasted | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 dance | det |
| 13 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 held | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 held | aux:pass |
| 15 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 night | det |
| 17 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 held | obl:unmarked |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 time | punct |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 time | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 time | cop |
| 21 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 24 time | advmod |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 time | det |
| 23 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 time | amod |
| 24 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 held | obl:unmarked |
| 25 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 28 go | mark |
| 26 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 go | nsubj |
| 27 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 go | aux |
| 28 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 time | acl |
| 29 | back | back | ADV | _ | 28 go | advmod |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 tribe | case |
| 31 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 tribe | nmod:poss |
| 32 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 tribe | amod |
| 33 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 go | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 detain | punct |
| 35 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 39 detain | mark |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 chief | det |
| 37 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 detain | nsubj |
| 38 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 detain | aux |
| 39 | detain | detain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 go | conj |
| 40 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 detain | obj |
| 41 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 43 wished | advmod |
| 42 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 wished | nsubj |
| 43 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 detain | advcl |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 return | mark |
| 45 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 wished | xcomp |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 held | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | past | this feasts | week | often property | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | hold | gerund · passive | a dance | night | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | feast | a long time | frequently property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | go back | could | envoys = envoy | a long time not said here | to envoys's own tribe | tree rules | |||
| 5 | detain | would | the chief | envoys = envoy | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 6 | wish | past | envoys = envoy | whenever property | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 7 | return not said to happen | to-infinitive | envoys = envoy not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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