Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 21, sentence 58
Alsigontegw = _Arsikantekw_ is composed of the elements _arsi_, “empty”; _kan_, an infix which signifies “cabin”; and the suffix -_tekw_, which always means “river”; cf.
Who acts: infix, suffix tekw · What happens: compose, signify, mean · To what, where: Alsigontegw, cabin, river
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: who acts (infix, suffix tekw), 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 | Alsigontegw | Alsigontegw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 composed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | = | = | X | _ | 1 Alsigontegw | flat:foreign |
| 3 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 1 Alsigontegw | punct |
| 4 | Arsikantekw | Arsikantekw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Alsigontegw | flat |
| 5 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 1 Alsigontegw | punct |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 composed | aux:pass |
| 7 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 elements | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 elements | det |
| 10 | elements | element | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 composed | obl |
| 11 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 12 arsi | punct |
| 12 | arsi | arsi | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 elements | conj |
| 13 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 7 composed | punct |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 empty | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 empty | punct |
| 16 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 composed | parataxis |
| 17 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 empty | punct |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 kan | punct |
| 19 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 20 kan | punct |
| 20 | kan | kan | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 composed | parataxis |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 20 kan | punct |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 infix | punct |
| 23 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 infix | det |
| 24 | infix | infix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 kan | appos |
| 25 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 signifies | nsubj |
| 26 | signifies | signify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 infix | acl:relcl |
| 27 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 cabin | punct |
| 28 | cabin | cabin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 signifies | obj |
| 29 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 cabin | punct |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 tekw | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 tekw | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 suffix | det |
| 33 | suffix | suffix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 tekw | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 suffix | punct |
| 35 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 tekw | punct |
| 36 | tekw | tekw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 composed | parataxis |
| 37 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 tekw | punct |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 means | punct |
| 39 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 means | nsubj |
| 40 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 41 means | advmod |
| 41 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 tekw | parataxis |
| 42 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 river | punct |
| 43 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 means | obj |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 river | punct |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 cf | punct |
| 46 | cf | cf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 tekw | conj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 composed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compose | present · passive | Alsigontegw | of the elements; suffix tekw and cf parataxis | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | signify | present | a infix | cabin | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cabin=Theme | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | suffix tekw and cf | river | always property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Topic |
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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