Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 5, sentence 75
Over the hole he laid A mighty log, and began The magic dance round the den; Then the serpent or great Chipíchkâm, Hearing the call, came forth, Putting out his head from the hole, And weaving it about After the manner of snakes.
Who acts: Thunder · What happens: lay, begin, hear, come, put out, weave · To what, where: mighty log, hole, magic dance, call, head
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 (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 | Over | over | ADP | _ | 3 hole | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hole | det |
| 3 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laid | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 laid | nsubj |
| 5 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 log | det |
| 7 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 log | amod |
| 8 | log | log | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laid | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 began | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 began | cc |
| 11 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 laid | conj |
| 12 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 dance | det |
| 13 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 dance | amod |
| 14 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 began | obj |
| 15 | round | round | ADP | _ | 17 den | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 den | det |
| 17 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 began | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 serpent | punct |
| 19 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 serpent | advmod |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 serpent | det |
| 21 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laid | obl |
| 22 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 24 Chipíchkâm | cc |
| 23 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 Chipíchkâm | amod |
| 24 | Chipíchkâm | Chipíchkâm | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 serpent | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Hearing | punct |
| 26 | Hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 laid | advcl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 call | det |
| 28 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Hearing | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 came | punct |
| 30 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 laid | conj |
| 31 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 30 came | advmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Putting | punct |
| 33 | Putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 came | advcl |
| 34 | out | out | ADP | _ | 33 Putting | compound:prt |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 head | nmod:poss |
| 36 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Putting | obj |
| 37 | from | from | ADP | _ | 39 hole | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 hole | det |
| 39 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Putting | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 weaving | punct |
| 41 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 weaving | cc |
| 42 | weaving | weave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 Putting | conj |
| 43 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 weaving | obj |
| 44 | about | about | ADV | _ | 42 weaving | advmod |
| 45 | After | after | ADP | _ | 47 manner | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 manner | det |
| 47 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 weaving | obl |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 snakes | case |
| 49 | snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 manner | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 laid | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay | past | Thunder | a mighty log | the hole | the serpent or great Chipíchkâm obl | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent log=Theme over hole=Destination | ||
| 2 | begin | past | Thunder not said here | the magic dance | round the den | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | hear | gerund | Thunder not said here | the call | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | come | past | Thunder not said here | forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | put out | gerund | Thunder not said here | Thunder's head | the hole | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent head=Goal | |||
| 6 | weave | gerund | Thunder not said here | head | after the manner of snakes | about property | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
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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