Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 23
The Master understood What this all meant: how that Sable had been enticed Into the wilderness By Atoʾsis the Snake, And that the Serpent-chief Was in the lodge, and he Had sent the Sable forth To seek a long straight rod For evil magic deeds.
Who acts: Master, this, Atoʾsis · What happens: understand, mean, entice, send, seek · To what, where: Sable, wilderness, long straight rod · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Master, this, Atoʾsis), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Master | det |
| 2 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 understood | nsubj |
| 3 | understood | understand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 meant | obj |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 meant | nsubj |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 meant | advmod |
| 7 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 understood | ccomp |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 enticed | punct |
| 9 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 enticed | advmod |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 enticed | mark |
| 11 | Sable | Sable | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 enticed | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 enticed | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 enticed | aux:pass |
| 14 | enticed | entice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 meant | parataxis |
| 15 | Into | into | ADP | _ | 17 wilderness | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 wilderness | det |
| 17 | wilderness | wilderness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 enticed | obl |
| 18 | By | by | ADP | _ | 19 Atoʾsis | case |
| 19 | Atoʾsis | Atoʾsis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 enticed | obl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Snake | det |
| 21 | Snake | Snake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Atoʾsis | appos |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 lodge | punct |
| 23 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 lodge | cc |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 lodge | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 chief | det |
| 26 | Serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 chief | compound |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 Serpent | punct |
| 28 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 lodge | nsubj |
| 29 | Was | Was | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 lodge | nsubj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 lodge | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 lodge | det |
| 32 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 enticed | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 sent | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 sent | cc |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 sent | nsubj |
| 36 | Had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 sent | aux |
| 37 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 enticed | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Sable | det |
| 39 | Sable | Sable | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 sent | obj |
| 40 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 37 sent | advmod |
| 41 | To | to | PART | _ | 42 seek | mark |
| 42 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 sent | advcl |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 rod | det |
| 44 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 rod | amod |
| 45 | straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 rod | amod |
| 46 | rod | rod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 seek | obj |
| 47 | For | for | ADP | _ | 50 deeds | case |
| 48 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 deeds | amod |
| 49 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 deeds | compound |
| 50 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 seek | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 understood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | understand | past | the Master | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | mean | past | this | What obj; all property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ||||
| 3 | entice | past · perfect · passive | Atoʾsis | Sable | into the wilderness result; in the lodge the Serpent chief Was | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Patient into wilderness=Result | |||
| 4 | send | past · perfect | Master | the Sable | forth property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sable=Theme | |||
| 5 | seek | to-infinitive | Master not said here | a long straight rod | for evil magic deeds | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent rod=Location for deed=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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