Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 71
It should be added, moreover, that in every case of such sexual relations between snakes and man among the Wabanaki the serpent was always a wizard (_Mʾdeolin_) in disguise, a fact which shows that in the later superstition at least the unusual character of such monstrous serpents was fully appreciated.
Who acts: serpent, fact · What happens: add, be, show, appreciate · To what, where: superstition, wizard, unusual character · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (serpent, fact), 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 | 4 added | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 added | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 added | aux:pass |
| 4 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 moreover | punct |
| 6 | moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 4 added | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 case | punct |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 case | mark |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 case | case |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 case | det |
| 11 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 added | parataxis |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 relations | case |
| 13 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 relations | amod |
| 14 | sexual | sexual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 relations | amod |
| 15 | relations | relation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 case | nmod |
| 16 | between | between | ADP | _ | 17 snakes | case |
| 17 | snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 relations | nmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 man | cc |
| 19 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 relations | conj |
| 20 | among | among | ADP | _ | 22 Wabanaki | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Wabanaki | det |
| 22 | Wabanaki | Wabanaki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 man | nmod |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 serpent | det |
| 24 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 wizard | nsubj |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 wizard | cop |
| 26 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 28 wizard | advmod |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 wizard | det |
| 28 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Wabanaki | acl:relcl |
| 29 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 31 Mʾdeolin | punct |
| 30 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 31 Mʾdeolin | punct |
| 31 | Mʾdeolin | Mʾdeolin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 wizard | appos |
| 32 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 31 Mʾdeolin | punct |
| 33 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 31 Mʾdeolin | punct |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 disguise | case |
| 35 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Mʾdeolin | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 fact | punct |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 fact | det |
| 38 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Mʾdeolin | appos |
| 39 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 shows | nsubj |
| 40 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 fact | acl:relcl |
| 41 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 57 appreciated | mark |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 superstition | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 superstition | det |
| 44 | later | late | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 45 superstition | amod |
| 45 | superstition | superstition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 appreciated | obl |
| 46 | at | at | ADP | _ | 47 least | case |
| 47 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 50 character | nmod |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 character | det |
| 49 | unusual | unusual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 character | amod |
| 50 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 appreciated | nsubj:pass |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 serpents | case |
| 52 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 serpents | amod |
| 53 | monstrous | monstrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 serpents | amod |
| 54 | serpents | serpent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 character | nmod |
| 55 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 appreciated | aux:pass |
| 56 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 57 appreciated | advmod |
| 57 | appreciated | appreciate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 shows | ccomp |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 added | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | should · passive | superstition | every case of such sexual relations between snakes and man among the Wabanaki parataxis; moreover property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the serpent | a wizard | Mʾdeolin in disguise appos; always property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | show | present | a fact | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | appreciate | past · passive | the unusual character at least of such monstrous serpents | in the later superstition; fully property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent in superstition=Attribute |
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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