Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 44
Then he said to Teâm, the Moose, Who was tall as the Kiwaʿkw, The colossal giant of the mountain, The awful king of the forest, The lord of the roaring river: “What wouldst thou do, Teâm, Shouldst thou see man a-coming?”
Who acts: Such, Moose, thou · What happens: say, be, do, see, come · To what, where: Teâm, man · 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 (Such, Moose, thou), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 said | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Teâm | case |
| 5 | Teâm | Teâm | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Moose | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Moose | det |
| 8 | Moose | Moose | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Teâm | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 tall | punct |
| 10 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 tall | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 tall | cop |
| 12 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Moose | amod |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 Kiwaʿkw | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Kiwaʿkw | det |
| 15 | Kiwaʿkw | Kiwaʿkw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 tall | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 giant | punct |
| 17 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 giant | det |
| 18 | colossal | colossal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 giant | amod |
| 19 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Teâm | appos |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 mountain | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 mountain | det |
| 22 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 giant | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 king | punct |
| 24 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 king | det |
| 25 | awful | awful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 king | amod |
| 26 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Teâm | appos |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 forest | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 forest | det |
| 29 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 king | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 lord | punct |
| 31 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 lord | det |
| 32 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Teâm | appos |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 river | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 river | det |
| 35 | roaring | roaring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 river | compound |
| 36 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 lord | nmod |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 42 do | punct |
| 38 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 do | punct |
| 39 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 42 do | obj |
| 40 | wouldst | would | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 42 do | aux |
| 41 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 42 do | nsubj |
| 42 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 Teâm | punct |
| 44 | Teâm | Teâm | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 do | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 see | punct |
| 46 | Shouldst | should | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 48 see | aux |
| 47 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 48 see | nsubj |
| 48 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 do | parataxis |
| 49 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 see | obj |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 coming | det |
| 51 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 50 a | punct |
| 52 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 48 see | advcl |
| 53 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 42 do | punct |
| 54 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 do | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | past | Such | Teâm | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to teâm=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | is | past | the Moose | as the Kiwaʿkw; tall property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do in a quote | would | thou | Teâm | What obj | tree rules | |||
| 4 | see in a quote | should | thou | man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | come in a quote | gerund | thou not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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