Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 57
Then the Master took the Badger Who sought initiation Into the occult art, And by a wondrous trick Covered him all with filth And put him to utter shame Then led him down to the river Where he washed him clean, and gave him A beautiful change of clothing.
Who acts: Master, Badger, clothing · What happens: take, seek, cover, put, lead down, wash · To what, where: Badger, initiation, occult art, river, Master, beautiful change
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, Badger, clothing), 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 took | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Master | det |
| 3 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Badger | det |
| 6 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 7 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 sought | nsubj |
| 8 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 9 | initiation | initiation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sought | obj |
| 10 | Into | into | ADP | _ | 13 art | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 art | det |
| 12 | occult | occult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 art | compound |
| 13 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sought | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Covered | punct |
| 15 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 Covered | cc |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 trick | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 trick | det |
| 18 | wondrous | wondrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 trick | amod |
| 19 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Covered | obl |
| 20 | Covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 took | parataxis |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 Covered | obj |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 him | det |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 filth | case |
| 24 | filth | filth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Covered | obl |
| 25 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 put | cc |
| 26 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 Covered | conj |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 put | obj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 shame | case |
| 29 | utter | utter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 shame | amod |
| 30 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 put | obl |
| 31 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 32 led | advmod |
| 32 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | advcl |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 led | obj |
| 34 | down | down | ADP | _ | 32 led | compound:prt |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 river | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 river | det |
| 37 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 led | obl |
| 38 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 40 washed | advmod |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 washed | nsubj |
| 40 | washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 river | acl:relcl |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 washed | obj |
| 42 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 washed | xcomp |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 gave | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 gave | cc |
| 45 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 gave | iobj |
| 47 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 change | det |
| 48 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 change | amod |
| 49 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 gave | obj |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 clothing | case |
| 51 | clothing | clothing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 change | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the Master | the Badger | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument badger=Destination | |||
| 2 | seek | past | initiation | the occult art | Who nsubj | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent initiation=Theme | |||
| 3 | cover | participle | Badger | by a wondrous trick; with filth | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with filth=Theme | ||||
| 4 | put | infinitive | Badger | to utter shame | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ||||
| 5 | lead down | past | the Master not said here | Badger | the river | then | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to river=Destination | ||
| 6 | wash | past | Badger | Master | clean property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | |||
| 7 | give | past | the Master not said here | a beautiful change of clothing | Badger | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient change=Theme | |||
| 8 | change | clothing | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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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