Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 29
So without fear he rose And sang the sorcerer’s song, And, filling lungs and cheeks With air, he blew against The rising hurricane, Wind against wind until He blew the wind away, Then all the mighty flood Was smooth as smooth could be:
Who acts: Tis, mighty flood, sorcerer · What happens: rise, sing, fill, cheek, blow, wind · To what, where: song, lungs, wind
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 (Tis, mighty flood, sorcerer), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 rose | advmod |
| 2 | without | without | ADP | _ | 3 fear | case |
| 3 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rose | nsubj |
| 5 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sang | cc |
| 7 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rose | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sorcerer | det |
| 9 | sorcerer | sorcerer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 song | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 9 sorcerer | case |
| 11 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sang | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 blew | punct |
| 13 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 blew | cc |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 filling | punct |
| 15 | filling | fill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 blew | advcl |
| 16 | lungs | lung | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 filling | obj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 cheeks | cc |
| 18 | cheeks | cheek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 filling | conj |
| 19 | With | with | ADP | _ | 20 air | case |
| 20 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cheeks | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 filling | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 blew | nsubj |
| 23 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rose | conj |
| 24 | against | against | ADP | _ | 27 hurricane | case |
| 25 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 hurricane | det |
| 26 | rising | rise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 hurricane | amod |
| 27 | hurricane | hurricane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 blew | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Wind | punct |
| 29 | Wind | wind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 blew | conj |
| 30 | against | against | ADP | _ | 31 wind | case |
| 31 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 Wind | obl |
| 32 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 34 blew | mark |
| 33 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 blew | nsubj |
| 34 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 Wind | advcl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 wind | det |
| 36 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 blew | obj |
| 37 | away | away | ADV | _ | 34 blew | advmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 smooth | punct |
| 39 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 45 smooth | advmod |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 flood | det:predet |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 flood | det |
| 42 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 flood | amod |
| 43 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 smooth | nsubj |
| 44 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 smooth | cop |
| 45 | smooth | smooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rose | conj |
| 46 | as | as | ADP | _ | 47 smooth | case |
| 47 | smooth | smooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 smooth | obl |
| 48 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 be | aux |
| 49 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 45 smooth | cop |
| 50 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | Tis | without fear | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | past | Tis not said here | the sorcerer's song | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fill | gerund | Tis not said here | lungs | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lung=Patient | ||||
| 4 | cheek | present | Tis not said here | with air | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | blow | past | Tis | against the rising hurricane | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 6 | rise | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | wind | infinitive | Tis not said here | wind | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme against wind=Trajectory | ||||
| 8 | blow away | past | Tis | the wind | away property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent wind=Patient | |||
| 9 | is | past | all mighty flood | then | as smooth; smooth property | tree rules | |||
| 10 | sing | the sorcerer | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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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