Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 92
If there was no objection to him, a new flag-pole was made and prepared for raising, and a chief from one of the kindred tribes put a medal of wampum on the chief-elect, who was always clothed in new garments.
Who acts: objection, chief · What happens: be, make, prepare, put, clothe · To what, where: new flag pole, medal, chief elect, new garments
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 (objection, 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 was | mark |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 was | expl |
| 3 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 objection | det |
| 5 | objection | objection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 was | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 objection | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 made | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 pole | det |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pole | amod |
| 11 | flag | flag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pole | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 flag | punct |
| 13 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 made | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 made | aux:pass |
| 15 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 objection | acl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 prepared | cc |
| 17 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 made | conj |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 raising | case |
| 19 | raising | raising | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 prepared | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 put | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 put | cc |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 chief | det |
| 23 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 put | nsubj |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 one | case |
| 25 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 put | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 tribes | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 tribes | det |
| 28 | kindred | kindred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 tribes | amod |
| 29 | tribes | tribe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 put | obl |
| 30 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 made | conj |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 medal | det |
| 32 | medal | medal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 put | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 wampum | case |
| 34 | wampum | wampum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 medal | nmod |
| 35 | on | on | ADP | _ | 39 elect | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 elect | det |
| 37 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 elect | compound |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 chief | punct |
| 39 | elect | elect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 put | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 clothed | punct |
| 41 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 clothed | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 clothed | aux:pass |
| 43 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 44 clothed | advmod |
| 44 | clothed | clothe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 elect | acl:relcl |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 garments | case |
| 46 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 garments | amod |
| 47 | garments | garment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 clothed | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | no objection to CHIEF | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | past · passive | no objection to CHIEF not said here | a new flag pole | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 3 | prepare | participle | no objection to CHIEF not said here | for raising | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for raising=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | put | past | a chief | a medal of wampum | the chief elect | from one; of the kindred tribes | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent medal=Theme on elect=Destination | ||
| 5 | clothe | past · passive | the chief elect | new garments | always property | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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