Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 30
He, being asked what he sought, Replied that he fain would have The power to make a sound Which when uttered would startle all, And make them laugh indeed As they never had laughed before.
Who acts: Master, sound, Indians · What happens: ask, seek, reply, fain, have, make · To what, where: Master, power, sound, all, Indians · 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, sound, 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asked | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 asked | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 asked | aux:pass |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 sought | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sought | nsubj |
| 7 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 asked | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Replied | punct |
| 9 | Replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sought | conj |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 fain | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fain | nsubj |
| 12 | fain | fain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 have | advcl |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 have | aux |
| 14 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 Replied | ccomp |
| 15 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 power | det |
| 16 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 have | obj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 make | mark |
| 18 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 power | acl |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 sound | det |
| 20 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 startle | nsubj |
| 21 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 uttered | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 23 uttered | advmod |
| 23 | uttered | utter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 sound | acl:relcl |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 startle | aux |
| 25 | startle | startle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 make | ccomp |
| 26 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 startle | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 make | punct |
| 28 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 make | cc |
| 29 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asked | conj |
| 30 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 make | obj |
| 31 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 make | xcomp |
| 32 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 31 laugh | advmod |
| 33 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 37 laughed | mark |
| 34 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 laughed | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 37 laughed | advmod |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 laughed | aux |
| 37 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 laugh | advcl |
| 38 | before | before | ADV | _ | 37 laughed | advmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund · passive | Master | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | seek | past | Master | what obj | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ||||
| 3 | reply speech: assert | past | Master not said here | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | fain | present | Master | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | have | would | the power | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | |||||
| 6 | make | to-infinitive | the power not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | utter speech: other | participle · passive | a sound | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 8 | startle | would | a sound | all | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus all=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | make | infinitive | Indians = indian | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | laugh | infinitive | Indians = indian not said here | indeed property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 11 | not laugh | past · perfect · passive | Indians = indian | before property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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