Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 64
Then the Master gave to him A little package, and said: “Herein is that which thou seek’st But I charge thee solemnly That thou lettest not thine eyes Behold what is therein, Till thou shalt have reached thy home.”
Who acts: Master, thou · What happens: give, say, be, charge, not let, reach · To what, where: little package, death, seek’st, That, thee, eyes · 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 (Master, thou), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 gave | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Master | det |
| 3 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | obl |
| 7 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 package | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 package | amod |
| 9 | package | package | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 said | cc |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 Herein | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Herein | punct |
| 15 | Herein | herein | ADV | _ | 20 seek’st | advmod |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 seek’st | cop |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 seek’st | mark |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 seek’st | nsubj |
| 19 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 18 which | nsubj |
| 20 | seek’st | seek'st | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | ccomp |
| 21 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 charge | cc |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 charge | nsubj |
| 23 | charge | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| 24 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 23 charge | iobj |
| 25 | solemnly | solemnly | ADV | _ | 23 charge | advmod |
| 26 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 charge | obj |
| 27 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 28 lettest | nsubj |
| 28 | lettest | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 charge | parataxis |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 lettest | advmod |
| 30 | thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 31 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 31 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 lettest | obj |
| 32 | Behold | behold | ADP | _ | 33 what | case |
| 33 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 eyes | nmod |
| 34 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 therein | cop |
| 35 | therein | therein | ADV | _ | 33 what | acl:relcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 reached | punct |
| 37 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 41 reached | mark |
| 38 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 41 reached | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 41 reached | aux |
| 40 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 41 reached | aux |
| 41 | reached | reach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 lettest | parataxis |
| 42 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 43 home | nmod:poss |
| 43 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 reached | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 45 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the Master | a little package | death | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent package=Theme to he=Recipient | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the Master not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | seek’st | which thou nsubj; herein property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | charge in a quote | present | the Master = master | That | thee | solemnly property | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient that=Asset | ||
| 5 | not let in a quote | present | thou | thine eyes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | therein property | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | reach in a quote | shall · perfect · passive | thou | thy home obj | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary home=Theme |
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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