Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 28
Kulóskap (Klûskâbe) is a god-man of truly Indian type who undoubtedly represents the principle of good, and particularly good nature, as opposed to his twin-brother Malsum the Wolf, who may be called the Ahrimân of the Wabanaki, although this is almost too dignified a term.
Who acts: Kulóskap, Indian type, this · What happens: be, represent, oppose, call · To what, where: god man, principle, Malsum · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Kulóskap, Indian type, this), 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 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 man | nsubj |
| 2 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 Klûskâbe | punct |
| 3 | Klûskâbe | Klûskâbe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kulóskap | appos |
| 4 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 Klûskâbe | punct |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 man | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 7 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 man | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 god | punct |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 type | case |
| 11 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 12 Indian | advmod |
| 12 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 type | amod |
| 13 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 man | nmod |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 represents | nsubj |
| 15 | undoubtedly | undoubtedly | ADV | _ | 16 represents | advmod |
| 16 | represents | represent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 type | acl:relcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 principle | det |
| 18 | principle | principle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 represents | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 good | case |
| 20 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 principle | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 nature | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 nature | cc |
| 23 | particularly | particularly | ADV | _ | 25 nature | advmod |
| 24 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 nature | amod |
| 25 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 man | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 opposed | punct |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 opposed | mark |
| 28 | opposed | oppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 man | parataxis |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 brother | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 brother | nmod:poss |
| 31 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 brother | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 twin | punct |
| 33 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 opposed | obl |
| 34 | Malsum | Malsum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 brother | appos |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Wolf | det |
| 36 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Malsum | appos |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 called | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 called | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 called | aux |
| 40 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 41 called | aux:pass |
| 41 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 Malsum | acl |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Ahrimân | det |
| 43 | Ahrimân | Ahrimân | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 called | xcomp |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Wabanaki | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Wabanaki | det |
| 46 | Wabanaki | Wabanaki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Ahrimân | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 dignified | punct |
| 48 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 53 dignified | mark |
| 49 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 dignified | nsubj |
| 50 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 dignified | cop |
| 51 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 53 dignified | advmod |
| 52 | too | too | ADV | _ | 53 dignified | advmod |
| 53 | dignified | dignify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 opposed | conj |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 term | det |
| 55 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 dignified | obl:unmarked |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 man | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Kulóskap | a god man and good nature | of Indian type; good nature conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | represent | present | Indian type | the principle of good | undoubtedly property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot principle=Theme | |||
| 3 | oppose | participle | to Kulóskap's twin brother | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | call | may · passive | Malsum | the Ahrimân of the Wabanaki xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | is | present | this | a term obl:unmarked; almost, dignify property | tree rules |
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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