Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 19
Then, taking from his belt His powerful _upsinai_, That is his medicine-bag, He gave unto each Indian A little box and bade him Keep it well closed, nor heed it Till he should reach his home.
Who acts: third, That, bade · What happens: take, be, give, keep, close, heed · To what, where: upsinai, belt, medicine bag, bade, home
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 (third, That, bade), 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 | 3 taking | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 taking | punct |
| 3 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 gave | advcl |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 belt | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 belt | nmod:poss |
| 6 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taking | obl |
| 7 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 powerful | nmod:poss |
| 8 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 belt | amod |
| 9 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 10 upsinai | punct |
| 10 | upsinai | upsinai | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 taking | obj |
| 11 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 10 upsinai | punct |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 bag | punct |
| 13 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 bag | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 bag | cop |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 bag | nmod:poss |
| 16 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 bag | compound |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 medicine | punct |
| 18 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taking | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 taking | punct |
| 20 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 gave | nsubj |
| 21 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 27 box | case |
| 23 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 box | nsubj |
| 24 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 box | amod |
| 25 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 box | det |
| 26 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 box | amod |
| 27 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 gave | obl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 bade | cc |
| 29 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 box | conj |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 box | nmod |
| 31 | Keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 gave | advcl |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 Keep | obj |
| 33 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 34 closed | advmod |
| 34 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 Keep | xcomp |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 heed | punct |
| 36 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 37 heed | cc |
| 37 | heed | heed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 21 gave | conj |
| 38 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 heed | obj |
| 39 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 42 reach | mark |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 reach | nsubj |
| 41 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 reach | aux |
| 42 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 heed | advcl |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 home | nmod:poss |
| 44 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 reach | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | third not said here | upsinai | third's belt | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent upsinai=Theme from belt=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | is a | present | That | third's medicine bag | third nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 3 | give | past | third | unto a Indian little box man and bade | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | keep | infinitive | third not said here | bade | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | close | participle | bade not said here | well property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 6 | heed | present | third not said here | bade | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 7 | reach | should | third | third's home | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent 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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