Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 21
Then, when it was time to depart, Since they knew not the way Unto their home, he rose And went with them for a distance.
Who acts: apparel, third, pilgrims · What happens: be, depart, not know, rise, go · To what, where: time, way
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 (apparel, third, pilgrims), 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 | 21 rose | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Then | punct |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 time | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 time | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 time | cop |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 rose | advcl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 depart | mark |
| 8 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 time | acl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 knew | punct |
| 10 | Since | since | SCONJ | _ | 12 knew | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 knew | nsubj |
| 12 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 depart | ccomp |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 knew | advmod |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 way | det |
| 15 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 knew | obj |
| 16 | Unto | unto | ADP | _ | 18 home | case |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 home | nmod:poss |
| 18 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 knew | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 time | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 rose | nsubj |
| 21 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 went | cc |
| 23 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 rose | conj |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 them | case |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 went | obl |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 distance | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 distance | det |
| 28 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 went | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | apparel | time | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | depart | to-infinitive | third not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not know | past | pilgrims = pilgrim | the way | unto pilgrims's home | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | rise | past | third | then | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | go | past | third not said here | with pilgrims = pilgrim; for a distance | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary |
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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