Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 12
Now when for the first time They felt that they had come Into another life, An ever-enchanted land, The Master gently questioned And asked them whence they came, And what it was they sought; They said they sought Kulóskap, And he answered, “I am he!”
Who acts: travellers, Master · What happens: feel, come, enchant, question, ask, seek · To what, where: life, travellers, Kulóskap · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (travellers, Master), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 felt | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 felt | advmod |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 time | amod |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 felt | obl |
| 7 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 felt | nsubj |
| 8 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 come | mark |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 come | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 come | aux |
| 12 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 felt | advcl |
| 13 | Into | into | ADP | _ | 15 life | case |
| 14 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 15 life | det |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 come | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 land | punct |
| 17 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 land | det |
| 18 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 20 enchanted | advmod |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 ever | punct |
| 20 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 land | amod |
| 21 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 life | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 questioned | punct |
| 23 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Master | det |
| 24 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 questioned | nsubj |
| 25 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 26 questioned | advmod |
| 26 | questioned | question | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 felt | conj |
| 27 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 asked | cc |
| 28 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 questioned | conj |
| 29 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 asked | obj |
| 30 | whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 came | advmod |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 came | nsubj |
| 32 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 asked | ccomp |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 what | punct |
| 34 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 what | cc |
| 35 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 26 questioned | parataxis |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 what | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 what | acl:relcl |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 sought | nsubj |
| 39 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 was | ccomp |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 said | punct |
| 41 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 said | nsubj |
| 42 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 felt | conj |
| 43 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 sought | nsubj |
| 44 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 said | ccomp |
| 45 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 sought | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 answered | punct |
| 47 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 answered | cc |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 answered | nsubj |
| 49 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 felt | parataxis |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 am | punct |
| 51 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 53 am | punct |
| 52 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 53 am | nsubj |
| 53 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 answered | conj |
| 54 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 am | obj |
| 55 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 felt | punct |
| 56 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 felt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | travellers = traveller | now; time | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | come | past · perfect | travellers = traveller | another life a enchanted land | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into life=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | enchant | participle | ever | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | question speech: other | past | the Master | what land parataxis; gently property | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask | past | the Master not said here | travellers = traveller | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | come | past | travellers = traveller | whence property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | seek | past | travellers = traveller | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | past | travellers = traveller | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 9 | seek | past | travellers = traveller | Kulóskap | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kulóskap=Theme | ||||
| 10 | answer speech: assert | past | Master | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=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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