Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 20
And then the first replied--An honest simple man Who was of but little account Among the Indian people Because he hunted badly-- He prayed that he might excel In killing or catching game; Then the Master gave him a flute, Or the magic pipe which pleases The ear of everyone, And has the power to bring By wonderful fascination All animals to that piper Who plays it in their haunts.
Who acts: sound, Master, magic pipe, power, piper · What happens: reply, hunt, pray, excel, give, please · To what, where: first, killing, flute, sound, ear, power
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 (sound, Master, magic pipe, power), 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 | _ | 5 replied | cc |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 replied | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 first | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 replied | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | replied | reply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 5 replied | punct |
| 7 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 man | det |
| 8 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 man | amod |
| 9 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 man | amod |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 replied | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 of | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 of | cop |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 man | acl:relcl |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 account | cc |
| 15 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 account | amod |
| 16 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 man | conj |
| 17 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 20 people | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 people | det |
| 19 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 people | amod |
| 20 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 replied | obl |
| 21 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 23 hunted | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 hunted | nsubj |
| 23 | hunted | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 replied | advcl |
| 24 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 23 hunted | advmod |
| 25 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 27 prayed | punct |
| 26 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 prayed | nsubj |
| 27 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 hunted | conj |
| 28 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 excel | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 excel | nsubj |
| 30 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 excel | aux |
| 31 | excel | excel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 prayed | ccomp |
| 32 | In | in | ADP | _ | 33 killing | case |
| 33 | killing | killing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 excel | obl |
| 34 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 36 game | cc |
| 35 | catching | catching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 game | compound |
| 36 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 killing | conj |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 gave | punct |
| 38 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 41 gave | advmod |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Master | det |
| 40 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 gave | nsubj |
| 41 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 replied | parataxis |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 gave | iobj |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 flute | det |
| 44 | flute | flute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 gave | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 pipe | punct |
| 46 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 49 pipe | cc |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 pipe | det |
| 48 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 pipe | compound |
| 49 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 flute | appos |
| 50 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 pleases | nsubj |
| 51 | pleases | please | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 pipe | acl:relcl |
| 52 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 ear | det |
| 53 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 pleases | obj |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 everyone | case |
| 55 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 53 ear | nmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 has | punct |
| 57 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 has | cc |
| 58 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 gave | conj |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 power | det |
| 60 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 has | obj |
| 61 | to | to | PART | _ | 62 bring | mark |
| 62 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 has | xcomp |
| 63 | By | by | ADP | _ | 65 fascination | case |
| 64 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 fascination | amod |
| 65 | fascination | fascination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 bring | obl |
| 66 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 67 animals | det |
| 67 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 bring | obj |
| 68 | to | to | ADP | _ | 70 piper | case |
| 69 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 70 piper | det |
| 70 | piper | piper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 bring | obl |
| 71 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 72 plays | nsubj |
| 72 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 70 piper | acl:relcl |
| 73 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 plays | obj |
| 74 | in | in | ADP | _ | 76 haunts | case |
| 75 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 haunts | nmod:poss |
| 76 | haunts | haunt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 72 plays | obl |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | participle · passive | the first | then | among the Indian people; a honest simple man but little account obl:unmarked | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||
| 2 | hunt | past | sound | badly property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | pray | past | sound | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | excel | might | sound | killing or catching game | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in killing=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | give | past | the Master | a flute | sound | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient flute=Theme | ||
| 6 | please | present | the magic pipe | the ear of everyone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | have | present | the Master not said here | the power | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | bring | to-infinitive | the power not said here | all animals | that piper | by wonderful fascination | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to piper=Destination | ||
| 9 | play | present | that piper | power | sufferings's haunts | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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