Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 5
So the two grew up, Till one day the Wolf, Who knew that both were given Strange mysterious lives Charmed ’gainst everything Save one concealèd death, Asked of the elder what His hidden bane might be?
Who acts: two, Wolf · What happens: grow up, know, give, charm, ask · To what, where: both, Strange mysterious lives · 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 (two, Wolf), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 grew | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 two | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 grew | nsubj |
| 4 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 grew | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 day | punct |
| 7 | Till | till | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 day | nummod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grew | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Wolf | det |
| 11 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 day | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 knew | punct |
| 13 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 knew | nsubj |
| 14 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 Wolf | acl:relcl |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 given | mark |
| 16 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 given | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 given | aux:pass |
| 18 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 knew | ccomp |
| 19 | Strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 lives | amod |
| 20 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 lives | amod |
| 21 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 given | obj |
| 22 | Charmed | charm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 lives | acl |
| 23 | ’ | ' | PROPN | Typo=Yes | 22 Charmed | obl:agent |
| 24 | gainst | gainst | X | _ | 23 ’ | goeswith |
| 25 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 23 ’ | flat |
| 26 | Save | save | ADP | _ | 29 death | case |
| 27 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 death | nummod |
| 28 | concealèd | concealèd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 death | amod |
| 29 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Charmed | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Asked | punct |
| 31 | Asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 given | conj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 elder | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 elder | det |
| 34 | elder | elder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Asked | obl |
| 35 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 40 be | obj |
| 36 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 bane | nmod:poss |
| 37 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 bane | amod |
| 38 | bane | bane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 be | nsubj |
| 39 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 be | aux |
| 40 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 34 elder | acl:relcl |
| 41 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow up | past | the two | day | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | know | past | the Wolf | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | give | past · passive | both | Strange mysterious lives obj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient life=Theme | ||||
| 4 | charm | participle | Strange mysterious lives not said here | save one concealèd death; ’ obl:agent | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask | participle | of the elder | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of elder=Recipient |
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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