Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 55
Then what was left Grew at once to its former size; So it went on, and all Ate all that they desired, And found the food of the best, And when the meal was over The dish was as full as before.
Who acts: joke, meat, meal, dish · What happens: leave, go on, eat, desire, find, be · To what, where: food, dish
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 (joke, meat, meal, dish), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 left | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 left | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 left | aux:pass |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | Grew | grew | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 left | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 left | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 size | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 size | nmod:poss |
| 10 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 size | amod |
| 11 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 went | punct |
| 13 | So | so | ADV | _ | 15 went | advmod |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 went | nsubj |
| 15 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 left | conj |
| 16 | on | on | ADV | _ | 15 went | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Ate | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 Ate | cc |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 Ate | advmod |
| 20 | Ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 went | conj |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 desired | det:predet |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 desired | mark |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 desired | nsubj |
| 24 | desired | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 Ate | advcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 found | punct |
| 26 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 found | cc |
| 27 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 went | parataxis |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 food | det |
| 29 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 found | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 best | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 best | det |
| 32 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 29 food | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 full | punct |
| 34 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 full | cc |
| 35 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 44 full | mark |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 meal | det |
| 37 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 dish | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 dish | cop |
| 39 | over | over | ADP | _ | 41 dish | case |
| 40 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 dish | det |
| 41 | dish | dish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 full | nsubj |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 full | cop |
| 43 | as | as | ADV | _ | 44 full | advmod |
| 44 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 found | conj |
| 45 | as | as | ADP | _ | 46 before | case |
| 46 | before | before | ADV | _ | 44 full | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past · passive | then | to joke's former size; what nsubj:pass; grew property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at once=Location | ||||
| 2 | go on | past | joke | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | eat | past | joke not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | desire | past | meat | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 5 | find | past | the food of the best | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic | |||||
| 6 | is | past | the meal | the dish | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | is | past | the dish | full property | tree rules |
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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