Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 58
In the Delaware tale given below, a similar instance of cannibalism is cited; only in this case, the wizard, who is evidently a being similar in nature to the Passamaquoddy _Kiwaʿkw_ or the Micmac _Chînu_, desires to devour a very old, worn-out man.
Who acts: case · What happens: give, cite, be, desire, devour, instance · To what, where: Delaware tale, similar instance, nature, old out man, cannibalism
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 (case), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 tale | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tale | det |
| 3 | Delaware | Delaware | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tale | compound |
| 4 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cited | obl |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 tale | acl |
| 6 | below | below | ADV | _ | 5 given | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tale | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 instance | det |
| 9 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 instance | amod |
| 10 | instance | instance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cited | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 cannibalism | case |
| 12 | cannibalism | cannibalism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 instance | nmod |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 cited | aux:pass |
| 14 | cited | cite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 case | punct |
| 16 | only | only | ADV | _ | 19 case | advmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 case | case |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 case | det |
| 19 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cited | parataxis |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 wizard | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 wizard | det |
| 22 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 case | appos |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 similar | punct |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 similar | nsubj |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 similar | cop |
| 26 | evidently | evidently | ADV | _ | 29 similar | advmod |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 similar | det |
| 28 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 similar | cop |
| 29 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 case | parataxis |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 nature | case |
| 31 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 similar | obl |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 Passamaquoddy | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Passamaquoddy | det |
| 34 | Passamaquoddy | Passamaquoddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 similar | obl |
| 35 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 Kiwaʿkw | punct |
| 36 | Kiwaʿkw | Kiwaʿkw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 similar | obl |
| 37 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 Kiwaʿkw | punct |
| 38 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 40 Micmac | cc |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Micmac | det |
| 40 | Micmac | Micmac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Kiwaʿkw | conj |
| 41 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 Kiwaʿkw | punct |
| 42 | Chînu | Chînu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Kiwaʿkw | flat |
| 43 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 29 similar | punct |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 desires | punct |
| 45 | desires | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 case | parataxis |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 devour | mark |
| 47 | devour | devour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 desires | xcomp |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 man | det |
| 49 | very | very | ADV | _ | 50 old | advmod |
| 50 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 man | amod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 old | punct |
| 52 | worn | worn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 out | amod |
| 53 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 52 worn | punct |
| 54 | out | out | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 man | compound |
| 55 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 devour | obj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 cited | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | the Delaware tale not said here | below property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | cite | present · passive | a similar instance of cannibalism | the Delaware tale | this case parataxis | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | present | this case | nature | to the Passamaquoddy; Kiwaʿkw or the Micmac obl; evidently, similar property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | desire | present | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | devour not said to happen | to-infinitive | a old out man | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | |||||
| 6 | instance | cannibalism | nom instance «event 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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