Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 52
And so they went their way On the long pilgrimage For many years, until They reached the wondrous isle Where the great Master dwelt, Where first they met Dame Bear, Then Marten, and at last The mighty Lord himself Who welcomed them with grace.
Who acts: moose, wondrous isle, mighty Lord · What happens: go, reach, dwell, meet, welcome · To what, where: way, long pilgrimage, last, Dame Bear, moose
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 (moose, wondrous isle, mighty Lord), 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 | _ | 4 went | cc |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 way | nmod:poss |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obj |
| 7 | On | on | ADP | _ | 10 pilgrimage | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 pilgrimage | det |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 pilgrimage | amod |
| 10 | pilgrimage | pilgrimage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 11 | For | for | ADP | _ | 13 years | case |
| 12 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 years | amod |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 went | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 reached | punct |
| 15 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 17 reached | mark |
| 16 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 reached | nsubj |
| 17 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 isle | det |
| 19 | wondrous | wondrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 isle | amod |
| 20 | isle | isle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 dwelt | nsubj |
| 21 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 25 dwelt | advmod |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Master | det |
| 23 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 Master | amod |
| 24 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 dwelt | nsubj |
| 25 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 reached | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 met | punct |
| 27 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 28 first | advmod |
| 28 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 30 met | advmod |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 met | nsubj |
| 30 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 dwelt | advcl |
| 31 | Dame | Dame | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Bear | compound |
| 32 | Bear | Bear | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 met | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Marten | punct |
| 34 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 35 Marten | advmod |
| 35 | Marten | Marten | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 met | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 last | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 last | cc |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 last | case |
| 39 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 dwelt | obl |
| 40 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Lord | det |
| 41 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 Lord | amod |
| 42 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 welcomed | nsubj |
| 43 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 42 Lord | nmod |
| 44 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 welcomed | nsubj |
| 45 | welcomed | welcome | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 last | acl:relcl |
| 46 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 welcomed | obj |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 grace | case |
| 48 | grace | grace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 welcomed | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | moose | moose's way | the long pilgrimage | year | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | ||
| 2 | reach | past | moose | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | dwell | past | the wondrous isle | last | the great Master nsubj | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location | |||
| 4 | meet | past | moose | Dame Bear | Marten obl; first property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Co-Agent | |||
| 5 | welcome | past | the mighty Lord Master | moose | with grace; Who nsubj | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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