Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 6, sentence 88
In the autumn he is turned Over towards the West, But in spring towards the East; And the meaning of it all Is the seasons of the year As they follow in their course.
Who acts: meaning, spikes · What happens: turn over, be, follow · To what, where: man, seasons, course
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 (meaning, spikes), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 autumn | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 autumn | det |
| 3 | autumn | autumn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 turned | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 turned | aux:pass |
| 6 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | Over | over | ADP | _ | 6 turned | compound:prt |
| 8 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 10 West | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 West | det |
| 10 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 turned | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 spring | punct |
| 12 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 spring | cc |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 spring | case |
| 14 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 turned | obl |
| 15 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 17 East | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 East | det |
| 17 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 spring | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 seasons | punct |
| 19 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 seasons | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 meaning | det |
| 21 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 it | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 it | case |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 seasons | nsubj |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 it | det |
| 25 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 seasons | cop |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 seasons | det |
| 27 | seasons | season | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 turned | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 year | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 year | det |
| 30 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 seasons | nmod |
| 31 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 33 follow | mark |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 follow | nsubj |
| 33 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 turned | advcl |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 course | case |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 course | nmod:poss |
| 36 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 follow | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn over | present · passive | man | autumn; spring | towards the West | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a | present | meaning | the seasons | year | tree rules | |||
| 3 | follow | present | spikes = spike | spikes's course | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in course=Location |
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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