Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 35
And ever they sailed on Over the silver sea, O’er blue and dancing waves, Till home they came with joy, And at the landing place They saw the Master stand; And his first words were, “Well!
Who acts: tempests, Thrice · What happens: sail, dance, come, see, word · To what, where: first words, silver sea, waves, Master stand, landing place
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 (tempests, 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 sailed | cc |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 sailed | advmod |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sailed | nsubj |
| 4 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 sea | case |
| 6 | Over | over | ADP | _ | 9 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sea | det |
| 8 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sea | amod |
| 9 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sailed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 blue | punct |
| 11 | O’er | O'er | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 blue | compound |
| 12 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sailed | advcl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 dancing | cc |
| 14 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 blue | conj |
| 15 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 dancing | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 came | punct |
| 17 | Till | till | ADP | _ | 18 home | case |
| 18 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 came | obl |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 came | nsubj |
| 20 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sailed | parataxis |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 joy | case |
| 22 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 came | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 saw | punct |
| 24 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 saw | cc |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 28 place | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 place | det |
| 27 | landing | landing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 place | compound |
| 28 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 saw | obl |
| 29 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 saw | nsubj |
| 30 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 came | conj |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 stand | det |
| 32 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 stand | compound |
| 33 | stand | stand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 saw | obj |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 words | punct |
| 35 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 words | cc |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 words | nmod:poss |
| 37 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 38 words | amod |
| 38 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sailed | obj |
| 39 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 Well | cop |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Well | punct |
| 41 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 Well | punct |
| 42 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 38 words | discourse |
| 43 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 sailed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | past | tempests = tempest | Thrice's first words | the silver sea | ever | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme word=Trajectory | ||
| 2 | dance | gerund | tempests = tempest not said here | waves | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wave=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come | past | tempests = tempest | till home | with joy | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | see | past | tempests = tempest | the Master stand | the landing place | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stand=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | word | Thrice | nom word «communication 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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