Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 17
And they went upon the journey And found that the path was long, And the way was very hard; Their sufferings were great, It was well nigh seven years Before they saw the Lord.
Who acts: Penobscots, path, way, sufferings · What happens: go, find, be, see, suffer · To what, where: journey, seven years, Lord · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Penobscots, path, way, sufferings), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 went | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 6 journey | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 journey | det |
| 6 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 7 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 found | cc |
| 8 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 long | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 path | det |
| 11 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 long | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 long | cop |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 found | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 hard | punct |
| 15 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 hard | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 way | det |
| 17 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 hard | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 hard | cop |
| 19 | very | very | ADV | _ | 20 hard | advmod |
| 20 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 long | conj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 great | punct |
| 22 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 sufferings | nmod:poss |
| 23 | sufferings | suffering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 great | nsubj |
| 24 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 great | cop |
| 25 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 went | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 years | punct |
| 27 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 years | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 years | cop |
| 29 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 30 nigh | advmod |
| 30 | nigh | nigh | ADV | _ | 32 years | advmod |
| 31 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 32 years | nummod |
| 32 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 went | obl |
| 33 | Before | before | SCONJ | _ | 35 saw | mark |
| 34 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 saw | nsubj |
| 35 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | advcl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Lord | det |
| 37 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 saw | obj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Penobscots = penobscot | the journey | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon journey=Location | ||||
| 2 | find | past | Penobscots = penobscot not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | the path | long property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | past | the way | hard property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is | past | Penobscots's sufferings | great property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is a | past | path | seven years | nigh property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | see | past | Penobscots = penobscot | the Lord | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | suffer | Penobscots = penobscot | nom suffering «state intransitive»: 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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