Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 74
While the Master was pursuing Winpe the giant magician, One day at Uktukâmkw He saw afar in the distance Over the silent water, Far away in the sunset, Kwîmûŭk (the Loons) a-flying.
Who acts: Master, Loons · What happens: pursue, see, fly · To what, where: Winpe, One day
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, Loons), 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 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 5 pursuing | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Master | det |
| 3 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pursuing | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 pursuing | aux |
| 5 | pursuing | pursue | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | Winpe | Winpe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pursuing | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 magician | det |
| 8 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 magician | amod |
| 9 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pursuing | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 day | punct |
| 11 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 day | nummod |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pursuing | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 Uktukâmkw | case |
| 14 | Uktukâmkw | Uktukâmkw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 day | nmod |
| 15 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 saw | nsubj |
| 16 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 day | acl:relcl |
| 17 | afar | afar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 saw | xcomp |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 distance | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 distance | det |
| 20 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 saw | obl |
| 21 | Over | over | ADP | _ | 24 water | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 water | det |
| 23 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 water | amod |
| 24 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 distance | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 away | punct |
| 26 | Far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 27 away | advmod |
| 27 | away | away | ADV | _ | 24 water | advmod |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 sunset | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 sunset | det |
| 30 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 away | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Kwîmûŭk | punct |
| 32 | Kwîmûŭk | Kwîmûŭk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 water | appos |
| 33 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 35 Loons | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Loons | det |
| 35 | Loons | loon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 Kwîmûŭk | conj |
| 36 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 35 Loons | punct |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 flying | det |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 a | punct |
| 39 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 Loons | acl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pursuing | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pursue | past · progressive | the Master | Winpe | day | the giant magician obj | tree rules | ||
| 2 | see | past | Master | One day at Uktukâmkw not said here | in the distance over the silent water; afar property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer day=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | fly | gerund | the Loons not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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