Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 31
Now he who had been despised For his deformity, Leanness, weakness, and meanness, Became as grand and stately, As beautiful and graceful, As the fairest pine of the forest; There was in all the land No man so much admired, And his people were proud of him.
Who acts: people · What happens: despise, become, admire, be · To what, where: Were, meanness
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), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 despised | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 despised | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 despised | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 despised | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 despised | aux:pass |
| 6 | despised | despise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 admired | advcl |
| 7 | For | for | ADP | _ | 9 deformity | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 deformity | nmod:poss |
| 9 | deformity | deformity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 despised | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Leanness | punct |
| 11 | Leanness | leanness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deformity | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 weakness | punct |
| 13 | weakness | weakness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deformity | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Became | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 Became | cc |
| 16 | meanness | meanness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Became | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Became | punct |
| 18 | Became | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 despised | conj |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 grand | case |
| 20 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 Became | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 stately | cc |
| 22 | stately | stately | ADV | _ | 20 grand | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 beautiful | punct |
| 24 | As | as | ADP | _ | 25 beautiful | case |
| 25 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 Became | xcomp |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 graceful | cc |
| 27 | graceful | graceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 beautiful | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 pine | punct |
| 29 | As | as | ADP | _ | 32 pine | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 pine | det |
| 31 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 32 pine | amod |
| 32 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Became | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 forest | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 forest | det |
| 35 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 pine | nmod |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 was | punct |
| 37 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 38 was | expl |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 admired | aux:pass |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 man | case |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 42 land | det:predet |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 land | det |
| 42 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 man | nsubj |
| 43 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 44 man | det |
| 44 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 was | obl |
| 45 | so | so | ADV | _ | 46 much | advmod |
| 46 | much | much | ADV | _ | 47 admired | advmod |
| 47 | admired | admire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 proud | punct |
| 49 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 proud | cc |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 people | nmod:poss |
| 51 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 proud | nsubj |
| 52 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 proud | cop |
| 53 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 admired | conj |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 him | case |
| 55 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 proud | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 47 admired | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | despise | past · perfect · passive | Were | now | for Were's deformity and Leanness and weakness; who nsubj:pass | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus for deformity=Attribute | |||
| 2 | become | participle · passive | meanness | as grand; as the fairest pine of the forest; beautiful property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 3 | admire | past · passive | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» | ||||||
| 4 | is | past | Were's people | of Were; proud property | 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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