Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 27
Thereat the Master frowned, But, smiling anew, he gave him A bag which was tightly tied, And said to him, “Do not open Till you shall have reached your home.”
Who acts: Master · What happens: frown, smile, give, tie, say, not open · To what, where: bag, thing, Master, home · 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 (Master), 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 | Thereat | thereat | ADV | _ | 4 frowned | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Master | det |
| 3 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 frowned | nsubj |
| 4 | frowned | frown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 smiling | punct |
| 6 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 smiling | cc |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 smiling | punct |
| 8 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 frowned | advcl |
| 9 | anew | anew | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 smiling | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 gave | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 gave | nsubj |
| 12 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 frowned | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 gave | iobj |
| 14 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 bag | det |
| 15 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gave | obj |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 tied | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 tied | aux:pass |
| 18 | tightly | tightly | ADV | _ | 19 tied | advmod |
| 19 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 bag | acl:relcl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 said | punct |
| 21 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 said | cc |
| 22 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 frowned | conj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 him | case |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 said | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 open | punct |
| 26 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 open | punct |
| 27 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 29 open | aux |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 open | advmod |
| 29 | open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 said | ccomp |
| 30 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 34 reached | mark |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 reached | nsubj |
| 32 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 reached | aux |
| 33 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 34 reached | aux |
| 34 | reached | reach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 open | advcl |
| 35 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 home | nmod:poss |
| 36 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 reached | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 open | punct |
| 38 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 open | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frown | past | the Master | thereat property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | smile | gerund | the Master not said here | anew property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | give | past | Master | a bag | thing | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bag=Theme | |||
| 4 | tie | past · passive | a bag | tightly property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the Master not said here | Master | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | not open in a quote | infinitive · do-support | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | reach in a quote | shall · perfect | Master | your home | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent home=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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