Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 51
It would be hardly permissible to draw a parallel between the ancient Norsemen and the northern Indians on this account, as the case Leland cites is that of a conjurer who disappeared into the ground head downwards, when he was stabbed at by a foe.
Who acts: It, case, that, conjurer, foe · What happens: be, draw, cite, disappear, stab · To what, where: parallel, account, ground head, case
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 (It, case, that, conjurer), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 permissible | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 permissible | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 permissible | cop |
| 4 | hardly | hardly | ADV | _ | 5 permissible | advmod |
| 5 | permissible | permissible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 draw | mark |
| 7 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 permissible | csubj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 parallel | det |
| 9 | parallel | parallel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 draw | obj |
| 10 | between | between | ADP | _ | 13 Norsemen | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Norsemen | det |
| 12 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Norsemen | amod |
| 13 | Norsemen | Norseman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 parallel | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 Indians | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Indians | det |
| 16 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Indians | amod |
| 17 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 13 Norsemen | conj |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 account | case |
| 19 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 account | det |
| 20 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 draw | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 cites | punct |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 cites | mark |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 case | det |
| 24 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 cites | nsubj |
| 25 | Leland | Leland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 case | appos |
| 26 | cites | cite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 conjurer | advcl |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 conjurer | cop |
| 28 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 conjurer | nsubj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 conjurer | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 conjurer | det |
| 31 | conjurer | conjurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 draw | obl |
| 32 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 disappeared | nsubj |
| 33 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 conjurer | acl:relcl |
| 34 | into | into | ADP | _ | 37 head | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 head | det |
| 36 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 head | compound |
| 37 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 disappeared | obl |
| 38 | downwards | downwards | ADV | _ | 33 disappeared | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 stabbed | punct |
| 40 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 43 stabbed | advmod |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 stabbed | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 stabbed | aux:pass |
| 43 | stabbed | stab | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 conjurer | acl |
| 44 | at | at | ADP | _ | 43 stabbed | obl |
| 45 | by | by | ADP | _ | 47 foe | case |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 foe | det |
| 47 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 stabbed | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 permissible | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | It | hardly, permissible property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | draw | to-infinitive | a parallel | this account | between the ancient Norsemen and the northern Indians | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent parallel=Theme on account=Destination | |||
| 3 | cite | present | the case | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | present | that | of a conjurer | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | disappear | past | a conjurer | the ground head | downwards property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 6 | stab | past · passive | a foe | case | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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