Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 7
At the present day this famous tribe, whose three clans--the Minsi, the Unami, and the Unalachtigo--were once the dominant native race in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and parts of New York State is represented by but a few bands living on scattered reservations, some in Indian Territory and some in Ontario, Canada.
Who acts: few bands · What happens: be, represent, live · To what, where: dominant native race, Delaware, scattered reservations
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 (few bands), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 day | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 race | obl |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 tribe | det |
| 6 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tribe | amod |
| 7 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 day | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 clans | punct |
| 9 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 11 clans | nmod:poss |
| 10 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 clans | nummod |
| 11 | clans | clan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tribe | conj |
| 12 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 14 Minsi | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Minsi | det |
| 14 | Minsi | Minsi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 clans | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Unami | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Unami | det |
| 17 | Unami | Unami | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Minsi | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Unalachtigo | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 Unalachtigo | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Unalachtigo | det |
| 21 | Unalachtigo | Unalachtigo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Minsi | conj |
| 22 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 4 day | punct |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 race | cop |
| 24 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 28 race | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 race | det |
| 26 | dominant | dominant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 race | amod |
| 27 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 race | amod |
| 28 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 represented | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 Delaware | case |
| 30 | Delaware | Delaware | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 race | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Jersey | punct |
| 32 | New | New | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 Jersey | amod |
| 33 | Jersey | Jersey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Delaware | appos |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Pennsylvania | punct |
| 35 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Jersey | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 parts | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 parts | cc |
| 38 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 race | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 State | case |
| 40 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 York | flat |
| 41 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 State | compound |
| 42 | State | State | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 parts | nmod |
| 43 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 represented | aux:pass |
| 44 | represented | represent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 45 | by | by | ADP | _ | 49 bands | case |
| 46 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 49 bands | cc |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 bands | det |
| 48 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 bands | amod |
| 49 | bands | band | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 represented | obl |
| 50 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 49 bands | acl |
| 51 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 reservations | case |
| 52 | scattered | scatter | ADJ | _ | 53 reservations | amod |
| 53 | reservations | reservation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 living | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 some | punct |
| 55 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 44 represented | conj |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 Territory | case |
| 57 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 Territory | amod |
| 58 | Territory | territory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 some | nmod |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 Ontario | cc |
| 60 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 62 Ontario | det |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 62 Ontario | case |
| 62 | Ontario | Ontario | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 Territory | conj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 Canada | punct |
| 64 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 Ontario | conj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 44 represented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the dominant native race | Delaware | day | parts of York State nmod | tree rules | ||
| 2 | represent | present · passive | a few bands | the dominant native race | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | live | gerund | a few bands not said here | scattered reservations | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on reservation=Location |
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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