Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 91
Now in those times the beavers Were beasts of monstrous size, And the Master, though kind of heart, Seems to have had indeed But little love for them Since the day when young Kwâbîtsis, The son of the Great Beaver, Tempted Malsum to slay his brother In the very early time.
Who acts: beavers, Master · What happens: be, seem, have, slay · To what, where: beasts, young Kwâbîtsis, brother
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 (beavers, Master), 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 | 8 beasts | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 times | case |
| 3 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 times | det |
| 4 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 beasts | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 beavers | det |
| 6 | beavers | beaver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 beasts | nsubj |
| 7 | Were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 beasts | cop |
| 8 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 size | case |
| 10 | monstrous | monstrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 size | amod |
| 11 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 beasts | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Seems | punct |
| 13 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 Seems | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Master | det |
| 15 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Seems | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 kind | punct |
| 17 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 18 kind | mark |
| 18 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Master | appos |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 heart | case |
| 20 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 kind | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Master | punct |
| 22 | Seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 beasts | conj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 had | mark |
| 24 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 25 had | aux |
| 25 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 Seems | xcomp |
| 26 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 25 had | advmod |
| 27 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 love | cc |
| 28 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 love | amod |
| 29 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 had | conj |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 them | case |
| 31 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 love | nmod |
| 32 | Since | since | ADP | _ | 34 day | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 day | det |
| 34 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 had | obl |
| 35 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 37 Kwâbîtsis | advmod |
| 36 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 Kwâbîtsis | amod |
| 37 | Kwâbîtsis | Kwâbîtsis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 had | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 son | punct |
| 39 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 son | det |
| 40 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Kwâbîtsis | appos |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Beaver | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Beaver | det |
| 43 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 Beaver | amod |
| 44 | Beaver | Beaver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 son | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Tempted | punct |
| 46 | Tempted | Tempted | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Beaver | conj |
| 47 | Malsum | Malsum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Tempted | flat |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 slay | mark |
| 49 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 Kwâbîtsis | acl |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 brother | nmod:poss |
| 51 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 slay | obj |
| 52 | In | in | ADP | _ | 56 time | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 time | det |
| 54 | very | very | ADV | _ | 55 early | advmod |
| 55 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 time | amod |
| 56 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 slay | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 beasts | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the beavers | beasts | now; time | of monstrous size | tree rules | ||
| 2 | seem | present | the Master | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | have | to-infinitive · perfect | the Master not said here | young Kwâbîtsis | day | little love for beavers conj; indeed property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||
| 4 | slay | to-infinitive | the Master not said here | Master's brother | time | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=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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