Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 27
Before the sun had set They were among their people, Each by his wigwam fire; At first sight no one knew them, Because of a wondrous change; The like of their fair attire Had never in those days Been seen by any man.
Who acts: people, pilgrims, one, man, Master · What happens: set, be, know, not see, fire · To what, where: sun, pilgrims, sight, fair attire
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 (people, pilgrims, one, man), 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 | Before | before | SCONJ | _ | 5 set | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sun | det |
| 3 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 set | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 set | aux |
| 5 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 people | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 people | cop |
| 8 | among | among | ADP | _ | 10 people | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 people | nmod:poss |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 set | obl:agent |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Each | punct |
| 12 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 people | appos |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 fire | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 fire | nmod:poss |
| 15 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fire | compound |
| 16 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Each | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 knew | punct |
| 18 | At | at | ADP | _ | 20 sight | case |
| 19 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 20 sight | advmod |
| 20 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 knew | obl |
| 21 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 22 one | det |
| 22 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 knew | nsubj |
| 23 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 set | conj |
| 24 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 knew | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 change | punct |
| 26 | Because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 30 change | case |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Because | fixed |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 change | det |
| 29 | wondrous | wondrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 change | amod |
| 30 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 knew | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 set | punct |
| 32 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 attire | det |
| 33 | like | like | ADP | _ | 37 attire | case |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 attire | case |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 attire | nmod:poss |
| 36 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 attire | amod |
| 37 | attire | attire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | Had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 seen | aux |
| 39 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 44 seen | advmod |
| 40 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 44 seen | mark |
| 41 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 42 days | det |
| 42 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | Been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 44 seen | aux:pass |
| 44 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 set | conj |
| 45 | by | by | ADP | _ | 47 man | case |
| 46 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 47 man | det |
| 47 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 seen | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | past · perfect · passive | pilgrims's people | the sun | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | is | past | pilgrims = pilgrim | among pilgrims's people | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | know | past | no one | pilgrims = pilgrim | sight | because a wondrous change | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||
| 4 | not see | past · perfect · passive | any man | pilgrims's fair attire | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | fire | Master | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=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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