Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 3
For they knew not that this was done By their enemy that he Might get them before his sledge.
Who acts: sorcerers, enemy, Adown · What happens: not know, do, get · To what, where: this, sorcerers · 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 (sorcerers, enemy, Adown), 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 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 3 knew | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 knew | advmod |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 done | mark |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 done | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 done | aux:pass |
| 8 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 knew | ccomp |
| 9 | By | by | ADP | _ | 11 enemy | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 11 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 done | obl |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 get | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 get | nsubj |
| 14 | Might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 get | aux |
| 15 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 done | advcl |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 get | obj |
| 17 | before | before | ADP | _ | 19 sledge | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 sledge | nmod:poss |
| 19 | sledge | sledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 get | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | past | sorcerers = sorcerer | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | do | past · passive | sorcerers's enemy | this | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | get | might | Adown | sorcerers = sorcerer | before Adown's sledge | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
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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