Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 34
So then the gifted one, Stepping upon the shore, Took up a long dead pine Which lay upon the shore, And, as he stuck its point Into Abúkchelû, Lifted him high in air, And, fastening the tree Firmly into the ground, Left him, and said with scorn, Even as he turned away; “Just show your tail now, there!”
Who acts: gifted one, shore, long dead pine, Thrice · What happens: gift, step, take up, lie, stick, lift · To what, where: shore, long dead pine, point, Abúkchelû, Thrice, tree · 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 (gifted one, shore, long dead pine, Thrice), 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 one | advmod |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 one | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 one | det |
| 4 | gifted | gift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 one | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Stepping | punct |
| 7 | Stepping | step | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 one | acl |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 shore | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 shore | det |
| 10 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Stepping | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Took | punct |
| 12 | Took | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 shore | acl |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 Took | compound:prt |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 pine | det |
| 15 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 pine | amod |
| 16 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 pine | amod |
| 17 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Took | obj |
| 18 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 lay | nsubj |
| 19 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 pine | acl:relcl |
| 20 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 22 shore | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 shore | det |
| 22 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lay | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Lifted | punct |
| 24 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 Lifted | cc |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 And | punct |
| 26 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 stuck | mark |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 stuck | nsubj |
| 28 | stuck | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 Lifted | advcl |
| 29 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 point | nmod:poss |
| 30 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 stuck | obj |
| 31 | Into | into | ADP | _ | 32 Abúkchelû | case |
| 32 | Abúkchelû | Abúkchelû | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 stuck | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 stuck | punct |
| 34 | Lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 one | parataxis |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 Lifted | obj |
| 36 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 Lifted | xcomp |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 air | case |
| 38 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 high | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 fastening | punct |
| 40 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 fastening | cc |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 fastening | punct |
| 42 | fastening | fasten | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 Lifted | advcl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 tree | det |
| 44 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 fastening | obj |
| 45 | Firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 42 fastening | advmod |
| 46 | into | into | ADP | _ | 48 ground | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 ground | det |
| 48 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 fastening | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 Left | punct |
| 50 | Left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 Lifted | conj |
| 51 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 Left | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 said | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 said | cc |
| 54 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 Lifted | conj |
| 55 | with | with | ADP | _ | 56 scorn | case |
| 56 | scorn | scorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 said | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 turned | punct |
| 58 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 61 turned | advmod |
| 59 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 61 turned | mark |
| 60 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 turned | nsubj |
| 61 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 said | conj |
| 62 | away | away | ADV | _ | 61 turned | advmod |
| 63 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 show | punct |
| 64 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 66 show | punct |
| 65 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 66 show | advmod |
| 66 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 54 said | parataxis |
| 67 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 tail | nmod:poss |
| 68 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 show | obj |
| 69 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 66 show | advmod |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 there | punct |
| 71 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 66 show | parataxis |
| 72 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 66 show | punct |
| 73 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 one | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gift | participle | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | step | gerund | the gifted one not said here | the shore | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon shore=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | take up | participle | the shore not said here | a long dead pine | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pine=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lie | past | a long dead pine | the shore | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon shore=Location | ||||
| 5 | stick | past | Thrice | shore's point | Abúkchelû | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent point=Theme into abúkchelû=Destination | |||
| 6 | lift | past | Thrice | high property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 7 | fasten | gerund | the tree | into the ground; firmly property | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient into ground=Co-Patient | ||||
| 8 | leave | past | Thrice | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 9 | say speech: express | past | with scorn | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 10 | turn away | past | Thrice | away property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 11 | show in a quote | infinitive | your tail | now | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tail=Recipient | ||||
| 13 | point | shore | nom point «cognition transitive»: 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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