Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 54
And then the Master spoke in sweeter tone, Making his voice like that of summer birds, And all to no avail; for Waʾsis sat, And, sucking at his sugar silently, Looked at Kulóskap with untroubled eyes.
Who acts: Master, Waʾsis · What happens: speak, make, sit, suck, look · To what, where: sweeter tone, voice, sugar · 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, Waʾsis), 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 | _ | 5 spoke | cc |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 spoke | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Master | det |
| 4 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 spoke | nsubj |
| 5 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 tone | case |
| 7 | sweeter | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 tone | amod |
| 8 | tone | tone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spoke | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Making | punct |
| 10 | Making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 spoke | advcl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 voice | nmod:poss |
| 12 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Making | obj |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 that | case |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 Making | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 birds | case |
| 16 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 birds | compound |
| 17 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 that | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 avail | punct |
| 19 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 avail | cc |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 avail | det |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 avail | case |
| 22 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 23 avail | det |
| 23 | avail | avail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spoke | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 sat | punct |
| 25 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 27 sat | mark |
| 26 | Waʾsis | Waʾsis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 sat | nsubj |
| 27 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 spoke | parataxis |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 sucking | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 sucking | cc |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 sucking | punct |
| 31 | sucking | suck | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 sat | advcl |
| 32 | at | at | ADP | _ | 34 sugar | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 sugar | nmod:poss |
| 34 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 sucking | obl |
| 35 | silently | silently | ADV | _ | 31 sucking | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Looked | punct |
| 37 | Looked | look | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 sat | conj |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 Kulóskap | case |
| 39 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Looked | obl |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 eyes | case |
| 41 | untroubled | untroubled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 eyes | amod |
| 42 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 Looked | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 spoke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | the Master | sweeter tone | then | to all avail | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to avail=Co-Agent | ||
| 2 | make | gerund | the Master not said here | Master's voice | like that of summer birds | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset voice=Product | |||
| 3 | sit | past | Waʾsis | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | suck | gerund | Waʾsis not said here | Master's sugar | silently property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at sugar=Source | |||
| 5 | look | participle | Waʾsis not said here | with untroubled eyes; at Kulóskap | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at kulóskap=Theme |
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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