Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 75
Thence did their chief in a circle Lead them around the lake; Yet ever drawing nearer To the Home of Beasts and Men; And as he came, the Master Said: “What is thy will, O Kwîmû?”
Who acts: man · What happens: do, lead, draw, come · To what, where: chief, circle, LOONS, lake, Home
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 (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 | Thence | thence | ADV | _ | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 chief | nmod:poss |
| 4 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 circle | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 circle | det |
| 7 | circle | circle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 8 | Lead | lead | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 Lead | obj |
| 10 | around | around | ADP | _ | 12 lake | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lake | det |
| 12 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Lead | obl |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 drawing | punct |
| 14 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 16 drawing | cc |
| 15 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 16 drawing | advmod |
| 16 | drawing | draw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 did | parataxis |
| 17 | nearer | near | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 drawing | xcomp |
| 18 | To | to | ADP | _ | 20 Home | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Home | det |
| 20 | Home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 drawing | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Beasts | case |
| 22 | Beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 Home | nmod |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 Men | cc |
| 24 | Men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 Beasts | conj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 Said | punct |
| 26 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 Said | cc |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 29 came | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 came | nsubj |
| 29 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 Said | advcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 came | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Said | det |
| 32 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Said | compound |
| 33 | Said | Said | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 did | parataxis |
| 34 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 36 What | punct |
| 35 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 What | punct |
| 36 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 Said | nmod |
| 37 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 will | cop |
| 38 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 39 will | nmod:poss |
| 39 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 What | acl:relcl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Kwîmû | punct |
| 41 | O | O | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Kwîmû | compound |
| 42 | Kwîmû | Kwîmû | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 What | appos |
| 43 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 42 Kwîmû | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 Said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | LOONS's chief | a circle | the Master Said parataxis; thence property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | lead | infinitive | LOONS = loon | the lake | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme around lake=Destination | ||||
| 3 | draw | gerund | the Home of Beasts and Men | ever | near property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to home=Destination | |||
| 4 | come | past | man | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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