Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 7, sentence 97
Therefore the end of it lodged With a great split therein When the flood had found a passage; And the whole may be seen there still, To this very day, even, As it is seen by all Of those who pass up the bay; And still this point, Cape Split, Is called by the Micmacs Plîgun Which means the opening Or cleft of a beaver dam.
Who acts: end, Micmacs, point · What happens: lodge, find, see, pass up, call, mean · To what, where: flood, whole, dam, bay, point, opening · 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 (end, Micmacs, point), 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 | Therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 6 lodged | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 end | det |
| 3 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lodged | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 end | nmod |
| 6 | lodged | lodge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | With | with | ADP | _ | 10 split | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 split | det |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 split | amod |
| 10 | split | split | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lodged | obl |
| 11 | therein | therein | ADV | _ | 10 split | advmod |
| 12 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 16 found | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 flood | det |
| 14 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 found | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 found | aux |
| 16 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 split | acl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 passage | det |
| 18 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 found | obj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 seen | punct |
| 20 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 seen | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 whole | det |
| 22 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 seen | aux |
| 24 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 25 seen | aux:pass |
| 25 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 lodged | advcl |
| 26 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 seen | advmod |
| 27 | still | still | ADV | _ | 25 seen | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 day | punct |
| 29 | To | to | ADP | _ | 32 day | case |
| 30 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 day | det |
| 31 | very | very | ADV | _ | 32 day | advmod |
| 32 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 seen | obl:unmarked |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 even | punct |
| 34 | even | even | ADV | _ | 25 seen | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 seen | punct |
| 36 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 seen | mark |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 seen | aux:pass |
| 39 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 seen | conj |
| 40 | by | by | ADP | _ | 41 all | case |
| 41 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 seen | obl |
| 42 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 43 those | case |
| 43 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 41 all | nmod |
| 44 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 pass | nsubj |
| 45 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 those | acl:relcl |
| 46 | up | up | ADP | _ | 45 pass | compound:prt |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 bay | det |
| 48 | bay | bay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 pass | obj |
| 49 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 point | punct |
| 50 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 point | cc |
| 51 | still | still | ADV | _ | 53 point | advmod |
| 52 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 point | det |
| 53 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lodged | parataxis |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 Split | punct |
| 55 | Cape | Cape | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Split | compound |
| 56 | Split | Split | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 point | nmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 called | punct |
| 58 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 59 called | aux:pass |
| 59 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 point | acl |
| 60 | by | by | ADP | _ | 62 Micmacs | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 Micmacs | det |
| 62 | Micmacs | micmac | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 called | obl |
| 63 | Plîgun | Plîgun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 Micmacs | appos |
| 64 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 65 means | nsubj |
| 65 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 point | parataxis |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 opening | det |
| 67 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 means | obj |
| 68 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 69 cleft | cc |
| 69 | cleft | cleft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 opening | conj |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 dam | case |
| 71 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 73 dam | det |
| 72 | beaver | beaver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 dam | compound |
| 73 | dam | dam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 cleft | nmod |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lodged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lodge | past | the end of dam | with a great split; this point Cape Split parataxis; therefore property | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with split=Location | ||||
| 2 | find | past · perfect · passive | the flood | a passage obj | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme passage=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | see | may · passive | the whole | there | still; day | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | see | present · passive | dam | by all of those | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | pass up | present | the bay | who nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bay=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | call | present · passive | the Micmacs | this point Cape Split not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | mean | present | this point Cape Split | the opening or cleft of a beaver dam | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opening=Topic |
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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