Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 34
This appellation, uncomplimentary as it sounds to our ears, was not really meant in this sense by the Indians.
Who acts: appellation, Indians · What happens: sound, not mean, sense · To what, where: appellation
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 (appellation, Indians), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 appellation | det |
| 2 | appellation | appellation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 meant | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 uncomplimentary | punct |
| 4 | uncomplimentary | uncomplimentary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 appellation | amod |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 sounds | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sounds | nsubj |
| 7 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 uncomplimentary | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 ears | case |
| 9 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 ears | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sounds | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 appellation | punct |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 meant | aux:pass |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 meant | advmod |
| 14 | really | really | ADV | _ | 15 meant | advmod |
| 15 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 sense | case |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 sense | det |
| 18 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 meant | obl |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 Indians | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Indians | det |
| 21 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 18 sense | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 meant | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | appellation | to our ears | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to ear=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | not mean | past · passive | this appellation | in this sense by the Indians | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme in sense=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | sense | the Indians | nom sense «cognition transitive»: by=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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