Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 22
But when the Beaver asked For wings, that he might fly Even as pigeons do, Malsum replied in scorn, And laughing from his heart: “Thou with a sorry tail Like any rugged rasp, What need hast _thou_ of wings!
Who acts: Beaver, pigeons, Malsum · What happens: ask, fly, do, reply, laugh, need · To what, where: scorn, heart, thou · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Beaver, pigeons, Malsum), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 42 hast | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 asked | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Beaver | det |
| 4 | Beaver | Beaver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 hast | advcl |
| 6 | For | for | ADP | _ | 7 wings | case |
| 7 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 asked | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fly | punct |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 fly | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fly | nsubj |
| 11 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 fly | aux |
| 12 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 asked | ccomp |
| 13 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 16 do | advmod |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 do | mark |
| 15 | pigeons | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 do | nsubj |
| 16 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fly | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 replied | punct |
| 18 | Malsum | Malsum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 replied | nsubj |
| 19 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 do | acl:relcl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 scorn | case |
| 21 | scorn | scorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 replied | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 laughing | punct |
| 23 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 laughing | cc |
| 24 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 asked | advcl |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 27 heart | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 heart | nmod:poss |
| 27 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 laughing | obl |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 tail | punct |
| 29 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 tail | punct |
| 30 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 tail | nsubj |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 tail | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 tail | det |
| 33 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 tail | amod |
| 34 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 need | obl |
| 35 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 38 rasp | case |
| 36 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 38 rasp | det |
| 37 | rugged | rugged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 rasp | amod |
| 38 | rasp | rasp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 tail | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 need | punct |
| 40 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 41 need | nsubj |
| 41 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 asked | ccomp |
| 42 | hast | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 43 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 42 hast | punct |
| 44 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 42 hast | obj |
| 45 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 47 wings | punct |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 wings | case |
| 47 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 hast | obl |
| 48 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 42 hast | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the Beaver | for wings | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | fly | might | Beaver | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | do | present | pigeons | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | reply speech: assert | past | Malsum | scorn | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | laugh | gerund | the Beaver not said here | Malsum's heart | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | need in a quote | present | with a sorry tail Thou like any rugged rasp | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 7 | have in a quote | present | thou | of wings | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=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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