Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 7
Yes, and far more to do: For then the Sagamore said: “I have a runner here, A man so fleet of foot That never in his life Has he been overcome, And thou must strive with him And gain the victory Ere thou canst win thy wife.”
Who acts: Sagamore, fleet, thou · What happens: do, say, have, be, strive, gain · To what, where: runner, victory, wife · 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 (Sagamore, fleet, 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 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 more | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 more | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 more | cc |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 more | advmod |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 more | acl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 9 | For | for | ADP | _ | 10 then | case |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 said | obl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Sagamore | det |
| 12 | Sagamore | Sagamore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 said | nsubj |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 more | conj |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 have | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 have | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 have | nsubj |
| 17 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | ccomp |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 runner | det |
| 19 | runner | runner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 have | obj |
| 20 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 have | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 man | punct |
| 22 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 man | det |
| 23 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 have | advcl |
| 24 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 33 Has | mark |
| 25 | fleet | fleet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Has | nsubj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 foot | case |
| 27 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 fleet | nmod |
| 28 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 Has | nsubj |
| 29 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 32 life | advmod |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 life | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 life | nmod:poss |
| 32 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Has | nsubj |
| 33 | Has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 man | advcl |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 overcome | nsubj |
| 35 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 36 overcome | cop |
| 36 | overcome | overcome | ADV | _ | 33 Has | advmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 strive | punct |
| 38 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 strive | cc |
| 39 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 41 strive | nsubj |
| 40 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 strive | aux |
| 41 | strive | strive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 17 have | parataxis |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 him | case |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 strive | obl |
| 44 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 gain | cc |
| 45 | gain | gain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 strive | conj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 victory | det |
| 47 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 gain | obj |
| 48 | Ere | Ere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 victory | appos |
| 49 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 51 win | nsubj |
| 50 | canst | can | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 51 win | aux |
| 51 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 victory | acl:relcl |
| 52 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 53 wife | nmod:poss |
| 53 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 win | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 more | punct |
| 55 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 more | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the Sagamore | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | the Sagamore = sagamore | a runner | here | a man advcl | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent runner=Patient | ||
| 4 | have in a quote | present | fleet of foot | That nsubj; Sagamore's life nsubj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | is in a quote | participle | Sagamore | overcome property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | strive in a quote | must | thou | with Sagamore | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | gain in a quote | present | thou not said here | the victory | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Theme | ||||
| 8 | win in a quote | can | thou | thy wife | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality |
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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