Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 60
And as he wished to excel In magic song and music, The Master gave him a flute, Which would charm all living beings; And, singing, he bade him join In the air, and as he did so, He found he knew all the art; And from that day, thereafter, He had a wondrous voice.
Who acts: Badger, Master, flute, charm · What happens: wish, excel, give, charm, live, sing · To what, where: magic song, flute, Badger, beings, bade, air · 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 (Badger, Master, flute, charm), 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 | _ | 15 gave | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 wished | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wished | nsubj |
| 4 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 gave | advcl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 excel | mark |
| 6 | excel | excel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wished | xcomp |
| 7 | In | in | ADP | _ | 9 song | case |
| 8 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 song | compound |
| 9 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 excel | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 music | cc |
| 11 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 song | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wished | punct |
| 13 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Master | det |
| 14 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 gave | nsubj |
| 15 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 gave | iobj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 flute | det |
| 18 | flute | flute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 gave | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 charm | punct |
| 20 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 charm | nsubj |
| 21 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 charm | aux |
| 22 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 flute | appos |
| 23 | all | all | ADV | _ | 24 living | advmod |
| 24 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 22 charm | acl |
| 25 | beings | being | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 living | obj |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 singing | punct |
| 27 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 singing | cc |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 singing | punct |
| 29 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 gave | advcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 bade | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 bade | nsubj |
| 32 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 singing | obj |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 join | nsubj |
| 34 | join | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 32 bade | acl:relcl |
| 35 | In | in | ADP | _ | 37 air | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 air | det |
| 37 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 join | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 found | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 found | cc |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 42 did | mark |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 did | nsubj |
| 42 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 found | advcl |
| 43 | so | so | ADV | _ | 42 did | advmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 did | punct |
| 45 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 found | nsubj |
| 46 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 gave | conj |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 knew | nsubj |
| 48 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 found | ccomp |
| 49 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 51 art | det:predet |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 art | det |
| 51 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 knew | obj |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 day | punct |
| 53 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 day | cc |
| 54 | from | from | ADP | _ | 56 day | case |
| 55 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 56 day | det |
| 56 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 gave | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 thereafter | punct |
| 58 | thereafter | thereafter | ADV | _ | 56 day | advmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 had | punct |
| 60 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 had | nsubj |
| 61 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 gave | conj |
| 62 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 64 voice | det |
| 63 | wondrous | wondrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 voice | amod |
| 64 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 had | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | Badger | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | excel not said to happen | to-infinitive | Badger not said here | magic song and music | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in song=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | give | past | the Master | a flute | Badger | day | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient flute=Theme | ||
| 4 | charm | would | a flute | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | live | gerund | charm not said here | beings | all property | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme being=Location | |||
| 6 | sing speech: express | gerund | the Master not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | bade | Badger | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | join | present | Badger | bade not said here | the air | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bade=Patient | |||
| 9 | do | past | Badger | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | find | past | Badger | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 11 | know | past | Badger | all art | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer art=Stimulus | ||||
| 12 | have | past | Badger | a wondrous voice | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient |
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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