Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 78
As explained the name of the culture-hero is spelled _Kulóskap_ for the sake of uniformity, but so far as possible, the Indian expressions used in the different stories have been kept in harmony with the original languages.
What happens: explain, spell, use, keep, name · To what, where: name, Indian expressions, different stories, harmony, culture hero
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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 2 explained | mark |
| 2 | explained | explain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 spelled | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 name | det |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spelled | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 hero | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hero | det |
| 7 | culture | culture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hero | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 culture | punct |
| 9 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | nmod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 spelled | aux:pass |
| 11 | spelled | spell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 13 Kulóskap | punct |
| 13 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 spelled | obj |
| 14 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 13 Kulóskap | punct |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 sake | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 sake | det |
| 17 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spelled | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 uniformity | case |
| 19 | uniformity | uniformity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 sake | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 kept | punct |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 kept | cc |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 23 far | advmod |
| 23 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 37 kept | advmod |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 25 possible | mark |
| 25 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 far | advcl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 far | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 expressions | det |
| 28 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 expressions | amod |
| 29 | expressions | expression | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 expressions | acl |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 stories | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 stories | det |
| 33 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 stories | amod |
| 34 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 used | obl |
| 35 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 kept | aux |
| 36 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 kept | aux:pass |
| 37 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 spelled | conj |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 harmony | case |
| 39 | harmony | harmony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 kept | obl |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 languages | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 languages | det |
| 42 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 languages | amod |
| 43 | languages | language | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 kept | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 spelled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | participle | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | spell | present · passive | the name of the culture hero | for the sake of uniformity; Kulóskap obj | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme kulóskap=Manner | ||||
| 3 | use | participle | the Indian expressions not said here | the different stories | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | keep | present · perfect · passive | the Indian expressions | harmony | with the original languages; far property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in harmony=Location | |||
| 5 | name | the culture hero | nom name «communication 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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