Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 106
Now when ’twas noised abroad That whoever sought the Master Could obtain the wish of his heart, There were three men who said: “Let us seek the Lord and see If this be truly so.”
Who acts: twas, That, three men, us, this, heart · What happens: noise, seek, obtain, be, say, let · To what, where: Master, wish, us, Lord · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (twas, That, three men, us), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 noised | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 noised | advmod |
| 3 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 twas | punct |
| 4 | twas | twa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 noised | nsubj |
| 5 | noised | noise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 obtain | advcl |
| 6 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 5 noised | advmod |
| 7 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 sought | nsubj |
| 8 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 sought | nsubj |
| 9 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 noised | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Master | det |
| 11 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sought | obj |
| 12 | Could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 obtain | aux |
| 13 | obtain | obtain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 wish | det |
| 15 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 obtain | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 heart | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 heart | nmod:poss |
| 18 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wish | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 were | punct |
| 20 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 21 were | expl |
| 21 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 obtain | conj |
| 22 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 men | nummod |
| 23 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 were | nsubj |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 said | nsubj |
| 25 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 men | acl:relcl |
| 26 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 Let | punct |
| 27 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 Let | punct |
| 28 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 said | ccomp |
| 29 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 Let | obj |
| 30 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 Let | xcomp |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Lord | det |
| 32 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 seek | obj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 see | cc |
| 34 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 seek | conj |
| 35 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 38 truly | mark |
| 36 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 truly | nsubj |
| 37 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 38 truly | cop |
| 38 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 34 see | ccomp |
| 39 | so | so | ADV | _ | 38 truly | advmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 obtain | punct |
| 41 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 obtain | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | noise | participle | twas | now | abroad property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | seek | past | That | the Master | whoever nsubj | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | |||
| 3 | obtain | could | the wish of Master's heart | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wish=Theme | |||||
| 4 | be | past | three men | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | three men | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | let in a quote | infinitive | us | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | seek in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | the Lord | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | ||||
| 8 | see in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 9 | is in a quote | infinitive | this | truly property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | wish | Master's heart | nom wish «feeling 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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