Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 72
And the Sagamore hearing this, Consented that Little Thunder Should marry her whom he sought, But on several conditions-- The first that he should slay And bring to him the head Of a certain horrible monster, Like to a wingless dragon, The dreadful and horned Chipíchkâm.
Who acts: Sagamore, Little Thunder, Thunder · What happens: hear, consent, marry, seek, slay, bring · To what, where: this, Sagamore, several conditions, head, Thunder
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 (Sagamore, Little Thunder, Thunder), 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 | _ | 7 Consented | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Sagamore | det |
| 3 | Sagamore | Sagamore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Consented | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | hearing | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 Sagamore | acl |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 hearing | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Consented | punct |
| 7 | Consented | consent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 marry | mark |
| 9 | Little | Little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Thunder | amod |
| 10 | Thunder | Thunder | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 marry | nsubj |
| 11 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 marry | aux |
| 12 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 Consented | advcl |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 marry | obj |
| 14 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 sought | obj |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sought | nsubj |
| 16 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 marry | ccomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 conditions | punct |
| 18 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 conditions | cc |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 conditions | case |
| 20 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 conditions | amod |
| 21 | conditions | condition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 Consented | obl |
| 22 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 24 first | punct |
| 23 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 first | det |
| 24 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 21 conditions | conj |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 slay | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 slay | nsubj |
| 27 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 slay | aux |
| 28 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 first | acl |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 bring | cc |
| 30 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 slay | conj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 him | case |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 bring | obl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 head | det |
| 34 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 bring | obj |
| 35 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 39 monster | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 monster | det |
| 37 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 monster | amod |
| 38 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 monster | amod |
| 39 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 head | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 dragon | punct |
| 41 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 45 dragon | case |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 dragon | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 dragon | det |
| 44 | wingless | wingless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 dragon | amod |
| 45 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 bring | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 Chipíchkâm | punct |
| 47 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 Chipíchkâm | det |
| 48 | dreadful | dreadful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 Chipíchkâm | amod |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 horned | cc |
| 50 | horned | horned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 dreadful | conj |
| 51 | Chipíchkâm | Chipíchkâm | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 dragon | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 Consented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | gerund | the Sagamore not said here | this | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | consent | participle · passive | the Sagamore | several conditions | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | marry | should | Little Thunder | Sagamore | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | seek | past | Thunder | whom obj | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | ||||
| 5 | slay | should | Thunder | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | bring | infinitive | Thunder not said here | the head of a certain horrible monster | Thunder | like a wingless dragon the dreadful Chipíchkâm | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme to he=Destination |
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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