Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 40
But ever more and more They came, more glowing with love, Till he bade them give way for a space, Till he bade them let him be; But they only pressed the more.
Who acts: witches, whirr · What happens: come, glow, bade, give, let, be · To what, where: witches, way, whirr
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 (witches, whirr), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 more | cc |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 more | advmod |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 came | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 more | cc |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 more | conj |
| 6 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 glowing | punct |
| 9 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 glowing | advmod |
| 10 | glowing | glow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 came | advcl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 love | case |
| 12 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 glowing | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bade | punct |
| 14 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 16 bade | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 bade | nsubj |
| 16 | bade | bade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | parataxis |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 bade | obj |
| 18 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 bade | xcomp |
| 19 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 give | obj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 space | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 space | det |
| 22 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 give | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 bade | punct |
| 24 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 26 bade | mark |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 bade | nsubj |
| 26 | bade | bade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 bade | conj |
| 27 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 bade | obj |
| 28 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 bade | xcomp |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 let | obj |
| 30 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 let | xcomp |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 pressed | punct |
| 32 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 pressed | cc |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 pressed | nsubj |
| 34 | only | only | ADV | _ | 35 pressed | advmod |
| 35 | pressed | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | parataxis |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 more | det |
| 37 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 35 pressed | advmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | witches = witch | ever | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | glow | gerund | witches = witch not said here | with love | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with love=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bade | past | whirr | witches = witch | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | give | infinitive | whirr not said here | way | for a space | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent way=Theme for space=Asset | |||
| 5 | bade | past | whirr | witches = witch | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | let | infinitive | whirr not said here | whirr | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | be | infinitive | whirr not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | press | past | witches = witch | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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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