Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 53
“Of the old times the tale is, A story of Kulóskap,” Unto whom there went full many When they heard that all could have Whatever they desired; And truly he gave them all Whate’er it was they asked for, But whether they got their wish Depended on the wisdom Which they showed when it was won.
Who acts: tale, KULÓSKAP, all, work, wish · What happens: be, go, hear, have, desire, give · To what, where: story, Whatever, KULÓSKAP, wish, tale · 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 (tale, KULÓSKAP, all, work), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 story | punct |
| 2 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 5 times | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 times | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 times | amod |
| 5 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 story | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tale | det |
| 7 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 story | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 story | cop |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 is | punct |
| 10 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 story | det |
| 11 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Kulóskap | case |
| 13 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 story | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 story | punct |
| 15 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 story | punct |
| 16 | Unto | unto | ADP | _ | 17 whom | case |
| 17 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 went | obl |
| 18 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 went | advmod |
| 19 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 story | parataxis |
| 20 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 went | xcomp |
| 21 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 full | conj |
| 22 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 heard | advmod |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 heard | nsubj |
| 24 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 many | acl:relcl |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 have | mark |
| 26 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 have | nsubj |
| 27 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 have | aux |
| 28 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 heard | ccomp |
| 29 | Whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 have | obj |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 desired | nsubj |
| 31 | desired | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 Whatever | acl:relcl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 gave | punct |
| 33 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 gave | cc |
| 34 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 36 gave | advmod |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 gave | nsubj |
| 36 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 went | conj |
| 37 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 gave | obj |
| 38 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 Whate’er | det |
| 39 | Whate’er | Whate'er | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 gave | obj |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 asked | nsubj |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 asked | cop |
| 42 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 asked | nsubj |
| 43 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 gave | parataxis |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 asked | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 got | punct |
| 46 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 49 got | cc |
| 47 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 49 got | mark |
| 48 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 got | nsubj |
| 49 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 asked | parataxis |
| 50 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 wish | nmod:poss |
| 51 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 got | obj |
| 52 | Depended | depend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 got | xcomp |
| 53 | on | on | ADP | _ | 55 wisdom | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 wisdom | det |
| 55 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 Depended | obl |
| 56 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 showed | nsubj |
| 57 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 showed | nsubj |
| 58 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 got | advcl |
| 59 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 62 won | mark |
| 60 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 won | nsubj |
| 61 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 won | aux:pass |
| 62 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 58 showed | ccomp |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 story | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | the tale | a story | time | of Kulóskap | tree rules | ||
| 2 | go | past | there | unto a story; full property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hear | past | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | have | could | all | Whatever | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Patient | ||||
| 5 | desire | past | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 6 | give | past | work | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap | all Whate’er obj; truly property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient whate'er=Theme | |||
| 7 | be speech: ask | past | tale | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap nsubj; ask property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | get | past | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap | KULÓSKAP's wish | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | depend | participle | KULÓSKAP's wish not said here | on the wisdom | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on wisdom=Theme | ||||
| 10 | show | past | Which nsubj; KULÓSKAP = kulóskap nsubj | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 11 | win | past · passive | tale | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 12 | wish | KULÓSKAP = kulóskap | nom wish «feeling 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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