Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 94
Turning to the new chief, he informed him that he must act in accordance with the wishes of his people.
Who acts: CHIEF, people · What happens: turn, inform, act, wish · To what, where: new chief, boy, accordance · Speech: someone speaks here
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, people), 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 | Turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 informed | advcl |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 chief | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 chief | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 chief | amod |
| 5 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turning | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Turning | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 informed | nsubj |
| 8 | informed | inform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 informed | iobj |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 act | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 act | nsubj |
| 12 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 act | aux |
| 13 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 informed | ccomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 accordance | case |
| 15 | accordance | accordance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 act | obl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 wishes | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 wishes | det |
| 18 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 accordance | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 people | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 people | nmod:poss |
| 21 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 wishes | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 informed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | gerund | CHIEF not said here | the new chief | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to chief=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | inform speech: other | past | CHIEF | boy | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | act | must | CHIEF | accordance with the wishes of CHIEF's people | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | wish | CHIEF's people | nom wish «feeling 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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