Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 13
They were far, far away Beyond the distant hills; Then, waiting, all sat still, Till long before the noon Chain-lightning came again; He showed no weariness, Nor was he out of breath, Yet had gone through the world.
Who acts: Lights, Chain lightning, lightning, Nor · What happens: be, wait, sit, come, show, go · To what, where: noon, weariness, breath, world
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 (Lights, Chain lightning, lightning, Nor), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 away | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 away | cop |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 away | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 away | punct |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 away | advmod |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 7 | Beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 10 hills | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hills | det |
| 9 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hills | amod |
| 10 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 away | obl |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 waiting | punct |
| 12 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 waiting | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 waiting | punct |
| 14 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 away | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 sat | punct |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 sat | advmod |
| 17 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 waiting | parataxis |
| 18 | still | still | ADV | _ | 17 sat | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 long | punct |
| 20 | Till | till | ADP | _ | 21 long | case |
| 21 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 sat | advmod |
| 22 | before | before | ADP | _ | 24 noon | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 noon | det |
| 24 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 long | obl |
| 25 | Chain | Chain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 lightning | compound |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 Chain | punct |
| 27 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 came | nsubj |
| 28 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 noon | acl:relcl |
| 29 | again | again | ADV | _ | 28 came | advmod |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 showed | punct |
| 31 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 showed | nsubj |
| 32 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 sat | conj |
| 33 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 34 weariness | det |
| 34 | weariness | weariness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 showed | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 waiting | punct |
| 36 | Nor | Nor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 breath | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 breath | cop |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 breath | nsubj |
| 39 | out | out | ADP | _ | 41 breath | case |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 breath | case |
| 41 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 waiting | acl:relcl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 gone | punct |
| 43 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 45 gone | cc |
| 44 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 gone | aux |
| 45 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 waiting | advcl |
| 46 | through | through | ADP | _ | 48 world | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 world | det |
| 48 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 gone | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 away | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Lights = light | beyond the distant hills; away, far property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wait | gerund | Lights = light not said here | then | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | sit | past | still | long property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | come | past | Chain lightning | the noon not said here | again | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location noon=Theme | |||
| 5 | show | past | lightning | no weariness | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent weariness=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | is | past | Nor | breath | lightning nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 7 | go | past · perfect | Lights = light not said here | the world | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through world=Initial_Location |
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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