Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 90
And yet again the Master Did a very wondrous deed; For it came to pass in those days That the beavers had built a dam From Âûkogegéchk or Blomidon, Even unto the opposite shore, And thereby made a pond Which filled up all the valley.
Who acts: Master, friend, days, pond · What happens: do, come, pass, build, make, fill up · To what, where: wondrous deed, days, pond, valley
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, friend, days, pond), 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 | _ | 6 Did | cc |
| 2 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 3 again | advmod |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 Did | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Master | det |
| 5 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Did | nsubj |
| 6 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 deed | det |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 wondrous | advmod |
| 9 | wondrous | wondrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 deed | amod |
| 10 | deed | deed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Did | obj |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 came | punct |
| 12 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 14 came | mark |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 came | nsubj |
| 14 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 Did | parataxis |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 pass | mark |
| 16 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 came | xcomp |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 days | case |
| 18 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 19 days | det |
| 19 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 pass | obl |
| 20 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 built | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 beavers | det |
| 22 | beavers | beaver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 built | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 built | aux |
| 24 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 days | acl:relcl |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 dam | det |
| 26 | dam | dam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 built | obj |
| 27 | From | from | ADP | _ | 28 Âûkogegéchk | case |
| 28 | Âûkogegéchk | Âûkogegéchk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 dam | nmod |
| 29 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 30 Blomidon | cc |
| 30 | Blomidon | Blomidon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Âûkogegéchk | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 shore | punct |
| 32 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 36 shore | advmod |
| 33 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 36 shore | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 shore | det |
| 35 | opposite | opposite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 shore | amod |
| 36 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pass | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 made | punct |
| 38 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 made | cc |
| 39 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 40 made | advmod |
| 40 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 came | conj |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 pond | det |
| 42 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 made | obj |
| 43 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 filled | nsubj |
| 44 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 pond | acl:relcl |
| 45 | up | up | ADP | _ | 44 filled | compound:prt |
| 46 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 48 valley | det:predet |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 valley | det |
| 48 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 filled | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 Did | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the Master | a wondrous deed | again; yet | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | come | past | friend | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pass | to-infinitive | friend not said here | day | unto the opposite shore | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | build | past · perfect · passive | that days not said here | that days | the beavers nsubj:pass; a dam obj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary dam=Product from âûkogegéchk=Material | |||
| 5 | make | past | friend not said here | a pond | thereby property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pond=Product | |||
| 6 | fill up | past | a pond | all valley | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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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