Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 21, sentence 32
[70] According to Indian tradition, six Iroquoian tribes united in a confederation in the interests of peace.
What happens: accord, unite, interest · To what, where: six Iroquoian tribes, confederation, 70, peace
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 70 | punct |
| 2 | 70 | 70 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 70 | punct |
| 4 | According | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 tradition | case |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 According | fixed |
| 6 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tradition | amod |
| 7 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 70 | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tribes | punct |
| 9 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 tribes | nummod |
| 10 | Iroquoian | iroquoian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 tribes | amod |
| 11 | tribes | tribe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tradition | conj |
| 12 | united | unite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 tribes | acl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 confederation | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 confederation | det |
| 15 | confederation | confederation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 united | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 interests | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 interests | det |
| 18 | interests | interest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 united | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 peace | case |
| 20 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 interests | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 70 | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | unite | participle | six Iroquoian tribes not said here | a confederation | in the interests of peace | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 4 | interest | peace | nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=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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