Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 45
A few examples of these sorcerers’ power are described below in the curiously curt style of Algic narrative.
What happens: describe, exemplify · To what, where: few examples, curiously curt style, power
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: 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 examples | det |
| 2 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 examples | amod |
| 3 | examples | example | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 described | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 power | case |
| 5 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 sorcerers | det |
| 6 | sorcerers | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 power | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 6 sorcerers | case |
| 8 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 examples | nmod |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 described | aux:pass |
| 10 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | below | below | ADV | _ | 10 described | advmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 style | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 style | det |
| 14 | curiously | curiously | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 style | amod |
| 15 | curt | curt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 style | amod |
| 16 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 described | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 narrative | case |
| 18 | Algic | Algic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 narrative | compound |
| 19 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 style | nmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 described | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present · passive | a few examples of this sorcerers's power | the curiously curt style of Algic narrative | below property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | exemplify | this sorcerers's power | nom example «cognition transitive»: of=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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