Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 20
In this connection, however, it is interesting to note that, in a letter to Dr. Brinton, dated Moraviantown, 1884, Chief Gottlieb Tobias states that three aged persons were then living who could still talk the other dialect.
Who acts: Moraviantown, Tobias states · What happens: be, note, date, state, live, talk · To what, where: connection, that, letter, other dialect
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Moraviantown, Tobias states), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 connection | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 connection | det |
| 3 | connection | connection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 interesting | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 connection | punct |
| 5 | however | however | ADV | _ | 9 interesting | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 however | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 interesting | expl |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 interesting | cop |
| 9 | interesting | interesting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 note | mark |
| 11 | note | note | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 interesting | csubj |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 note | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 letter | punct |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 letter | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 letter | det |
| 16 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 note | obl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 Brinton | case |
| 18 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Brinton | nmod:desc |
| 19 | Brinton | Brinton | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 letter | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 dated | punct |
| 21 | dated | date | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 letter | acl |
| 22 | Moraviantown | Moraviantown | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 states | nsubj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 1884 | punct |
| 24 | 1884 | 1884 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 22 Moraviantown | appos |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Chief | punct |
| 26 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Moraviantown | conj |
| 27 | Gottlieb | Gottlieb | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Tobias | compound |
| 28 | Tobias | Tobias | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 states | compound |
| 29 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 dated | obl |
| 30 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 living | nsubj |
| 31 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 persons | nummod |
| 32 | aged | aged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 persons | amod |
| 33 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 living | nsubj |
| 34 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 living | aux |
| 35 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 36 living | advmod |
| 36 | living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 states | acl |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 talk | nsubj |
| 38 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 talk | aux |
| 39 | still | still | ADV | _ | 40 talk | advmod |
| 40 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 living | parataxis |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 dialect | det |
| 42 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 dialect | amod |
| 43 | dialect | dialect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 talk | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 interesting | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this connection | however, interesting property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | note | to-infinitive | that | a letter to Brinton Dr. | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | ||||
| 3 | date | participle | a letter to Brinton Dr. not said here | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | state speech: other | Moraviantown and Chief | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | live | past · progressive | Tobias states | then | three aged persons nsubj | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 6 | talk | could | the other dialect | still | who nsubj | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dialect=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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