Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 22
A year had they been in coming, But having put on his belt He led them and they followed, Till, ere the afternoon, He took them to the top Of a lofty mountain, from which Afar off they beheld Another, whose outline blue Rose lofty o’er the plain.
Who acts: year, pilgrims, third, Afar, outline · What happens: have, come, put, lead, follow, ere · To what, where: Till, belt, pilgrims, top, Another
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 (year, pilgrims, third, Afar), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 year | det |
| 2 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 coming | nsubj |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 coming | aux |
| 6 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 7 coming | mark |
| 7 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 had | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 put | punct |
| 9 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 put | cc |
| 10 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 put | aux |
| 11 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 had | conj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 belt | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 belt | nmod:poss |
| 14 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 put | obl |
| 15 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 led | nsubj |
| 16 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 belt | acl:relcl |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 led | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 followed | cc |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 followed | nsubj |
| 20 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 led | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Till | punct |
| 22 | Till | Till | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 put | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 ere | punct |
| 24 | ere | ere | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | conj |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 afternoon | det |
| 26 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 ere | obl:unmarked |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 took | punct |
| 28 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 took | nsubj |
| 29 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | parataxis |
| 30 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 took | obj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 top | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 top | det |
| 33 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 took | obl |
| 34 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 37 mountain | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 mountain | det |
| 36 | lofty | lofty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 mountain | amod |
| 37 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 top | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 beheld | punct |
| 39 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 which | case |
| 40 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 beheld | obl |
| 41 | Afar | Afar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 beheld | nsubj |
| 42 | off | off | ADP | _ | 44 beheld | mark |
| 43 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 beheld | nsubj |
| 44 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 took | conj |
| 45 | Another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 44 beheld | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 Rose | punct |
| 47 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 48 outline | nmod:poss |
| 48 | outline | outline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Rose | nsubj |
| 49 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 Rose | amod |
| 50 | Rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 beheld | obl |
| 51 | lofty | lofty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 Rose | amod |
| 52 | o’er | o'er | ADP | _ | 54 plain | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 plain | det |
| 54 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 lofty | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | a year | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | come | participle · progressive | pilgrims = pilgrim | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | put | gerund · perfect | a year not said here | Till | third's belt | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on belt=Destination | |||
| 4 | lead | past | third | pilgrims = pilgrim | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 5 | follow | past | pilgrims = pilgrim | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | ere | past | a year not said here | afternoon | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | take | past | third | pilgrims = pilgrim | the top of a lofty mountain | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to top=Destination | |||
| 8 | behold | past | Afar | Another | which obl; pilgrims = pilgrim nsubj | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer another=Stimulus | |||
| 9 | rose | blue Rose's outline | tree rules |
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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