Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 2
And the Master made them welcome And spoke as if he were Well pleased to see them there, But asked not whence they came, Or whither they were going, As others are wont to do.
Who acts: Master, they, others · What happens: make, speak, be, see, not ask, come · To what, where: them · 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 (Master, they, others), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 made | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Master | det |
| 3 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | obj |
| 6 | welcome | welcome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 made | xcomp |
| 7 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 spoke | cc |
| 8 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | conj |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 pleased | mark |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 pleased | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 pleased | nsubj |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 pleased | cop |
| 13 | Well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 pleased | advmod |
| 14 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 spoke | ccomp |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 see | mark |
| 16 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 pleased | xcomp |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 see | obj |
| 18 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 see | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 asked | punct |
| 20 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 asked | cc |
| 21 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | conj |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 asked | advmod |
| 23 | whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 25 came | advmod |
| 24 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 came | nsubj |
| 25 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 asked | ccomp |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 going | punct |
| 27 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 31 going | cc |
| 28 | whither | whither | ADV | PronType=Int | 31 going | advmod |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 going | nsubj |
| 30 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 going | aux |
| 31 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 came | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 wont | punct |
| 33 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 36 wont | mark |
| 34 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 wont | nsubj |
| 35 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 wont | cop |
| 36 | wont | wont | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 came | conj |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 do | mark |
| 38 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 wont | xcomp |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the Master | them = they | welcome property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | |||
| 2 | speak speech: other | past | the Master not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | past | Master | pleased, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | see | to-infinitive | Master not said here | them = they | there | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | not ask speech: ask | past | the Master not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | come | past | they | whence property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | go | past · progressive | they | whither property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | is | present | others | wont property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | do | to-infinitive | others not said here | vn act-114-1 «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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