Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 43
Among the Passamaquoddies and Milicetes particularly, there is still a perfect mine of material relating to the wizards and their power over other men and over the curious beings with which the Indians have peopled the mysterious forests of their country.
Who acts: perfect mine, material, Indians · What happens: be, relate, people · To what, where: Passamaquoddies, mysterious forests
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 (perfect mine, material, 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 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 3 Passamaquoddies | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Passamaquoddies | det |
| 3 | Passamaquoddies | passamaquoddy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 is | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Milicetes | cc |
| 5 | Milicetes | Milicete | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 Passamaquoddies | conj |
| 6 | particularly | particularly | ADV | _ | 5 Milicetes | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Passamaquoddies | punct |
| 8 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 9 is | expl |
| 9 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 13 mine | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 mine | det |
| 12 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 mine | amod |
| 13 | mine | mine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 is | nsubj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 material | case |
| 15 | material | material | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mine | nmod |
| 16 | relating | relate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 material | acl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 wizards | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 wizards | det |
| 19 | wizards | wizard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 relating | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 power | cc |
| 21 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 power | nmod:poss |
| 22 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 wizards | conj |
| 23 | over | over | ADP | _ | 25 men | case |
| 24 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 men | amod |
| 25 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 relating | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 beings | cc |
| 27 | over | over | ADP | _ | 30 beings | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 beings | det |
| 29 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 beings | amod |
| 30 | beings | being | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 men | conj |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 which | case |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 peopled | obl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Indians | det |
| 34 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 36 peopled | nsubj |
| 35 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 peopled | aux |
| 36 | peopled | people | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 men | acl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 forests | det |
| 38 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 forests | amod |
| 39 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 peopled | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 country | case |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 country | nmod:poss |
| 42 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 forests | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a perfect mine of material | the Passamaquoddies and Milicetes; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among passamaquoddy=Location | ||||
| 2 | relate | gerund | material not said here | to the wizards and Passamaquoddies's power; over other men and the curious beings | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to wizard=Co-Theme | ||||
| 3 | people | present · perfect | the Indians | the mysterious forests of Indians's country | with other men and the curious beings | 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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