Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 55
So then it came to pass That a certain fool of the kind Who never can do aught Without a twist or a turn In his own peculiar way, Went a long journey to ask A favor of the Lord.
Who acts: wish, kind · What happens: come, pass, not do, go, ask, favor · To what, where: That, aught, own peculiar way, long journey, favor, Lord
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 (wish, kind), 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 | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 came | advmod |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pass | mark |
| 6 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 came | xcomp |
| 7 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 pass | obj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 fool | det |
| 9 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 fool | amod |
| 10 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pass | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 kind | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 kind | det |
| 13 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fool | nmod |
| 14 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 do | nsubj |
| 15 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 17 do | advmod |
| 16 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 do | aux |
| 17 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 kind | acl:relcl |
| 18 | aught | aught | PRON | PronType=Ind | 17 do | obj |
| 19 | Without | without | ADP | _ | 21 twist | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 twist | det |
| 21 | twist | twist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 do | obl |
| 22 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 24 turn | cc |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 turn | det |
| 24 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 twist | conj |
| 25 | In | in | ADP | _ | 29 way | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 way | nmod:poss |
| 27 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 way | amod |
| 28 | peculiar | peculiar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 way | compound |
| 29 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 do | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Went | punct |
| 31 | Went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 journey | det |
| 33 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 journey | amod |
| 34 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Went | obj |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 ask | mark |
| 36 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 Went | advcl |
| 37 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 favor | det |
| 38 | favor | favor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 ask | obj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 Lord | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 Lord | det |
| 41 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 favor | nmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | wish | then | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pass | to-infinitive | wish not said here | That | a certain fool of the kind obj | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient fool=Theme | |||
| 3 | not do | can | the kind | aught | Master's own peculiar way | without a twist or a turn | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aught=Eventuality | ||
| 4 | go | past | wish not said here | a long journey | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location journey=Theme | ||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | wish not said here | a favor of the Lord | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent favor=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | favor | the Lord | nom favor «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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