Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 4, sentence 9
In sooth, this was a lie Although no evil one, And yet from uttering it Kulóskap got his name Which means the Liar, or, As Indians mean the word: A wise and crafty man.
Who acts: this, uttering, name, Indians, Kulóskap · What happens: be, utter, get, mean, name · To what, where: lie, sooth, life, name, Liar, word
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 (this, uttering, name, Indians), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 sooth | case |
| 2 | sooth | sooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lie | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 sooth | punct |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 lie | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lie | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lie | det |
| 7 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | Although | although | SCONJ | _ | 11 one | case |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 one | det |
| 10 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 one | amod |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lie | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 got | punct |
| 13 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 got | cc |
| 14 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 16 uttering | advmod |
| 15 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 16 uttering | mark |
| 16 | uttering | utter | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 got | csubj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 uttering | obj |
| 18 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 uttering | obj |
| 19 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lie | parataxis |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 name | nmod:poss |
| 21 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 got | obj |
| 22 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 means | nsubj |
| 23 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 name | acl:relcl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Liar | det |
| 25 | Liar | Liar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 means | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 mean | punct |
| 27 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 31 mean | cc |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 or | punct |
| 29 | As | as | ADP | _ | 30 Indians | case |
| 30 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 31 mean | nsubj |
| 31 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 got | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 word | det |
| 33 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 mean | obj |
| 34 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 39 man | punct |
| 35 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 man | det |
| 36 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 man | amod |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 crafty | cc |
| 38 | crafty | crafty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 wise | conj |
| 39 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 word | appos |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 lie | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | this | a lie | sooth | although no evil one | tree rules | ||
| 2 | utter speech: other | gerund | life | yet | Kulóskap obj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | get | past | uttering | Kulóskap's name | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | mean | present | Kulóskap's name | the Liar | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liar=Topic | ||||
| 5 | mean | present | Indians | the word | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ||||
| 6 | name | Kulóskap | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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