Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 64
But as there was no answer He paddled, saying nothing, Over the bay to the landing, And there the dogs were waiting!
Who acts: dog, dogs · What happens: be, say, wait · To what, where: nothing, bay · 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 (dog, dogs), 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 | _ | 8 paddled | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 was | mark |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 was | expl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 paddled | cop |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 answer | det |
| 6 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 was | nsubj |
| 7 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 paddled | nsubj |
| 8 | paddled | paddle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 saying | punct |
| 10 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 paddled | advcl |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 saying | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 bay | punct |
| 13 | Over | over | ADP | _ | 15 bay | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 bay | det |
| 15 | bay | bay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 saying | obl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 landing | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 landing | det |
| 18 | landing | landing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 bay | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 waiting | punct |
| 20 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 waiting | cc |
| 21 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 25 waiting | expl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 dogs | det |
| 23 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 waiting | nsubj |
| 24 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 waiting | aux |
| 25 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 paddled | advcl |
| 26 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 paddled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | dog | paddle property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | dog not said here | nothing | the bay to the landing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | |||
| 3 | wait | past · progressive | the dogs | there | vn exist-47.1 «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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