Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 26
But Sable, answering, Replied, “It is not straight, But what is crookedest May be the straightest made, And I do know a charm Whereby this may be done; I will but heat this stick A little in the fire, And sing the proper spell And then it shall be straight.”
Who acts: Sable, rod, I · What happens: answer, reply, not be, be, make, know · To what, where: Sable, charm, this, stick, proper spell · 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 (Sable, rod, I), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 Replied | cc |
| 2 | Sable | Sable | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Replied | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 answering | punct |
| 4 | answering | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 Sable | acl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Replied | punct |
| 6 | Replied | reply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 straight | punct |
| 8 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 straight | punct |
| 9 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 straight | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 straight | cop |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 straight | advmod |
| 12 | straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Replied | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 crookedest | punct |
| 14 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 crookedest | cc |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 crookedest | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 crookedest | cop |
| 17 | crookedest | crooked | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 straight | obl |
| 18 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 crookedest | flat |
| 19 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 21 straightest | cop |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 straightest | det |
| 21 | straightest | straight | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 crookedest | conj |
| 22 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 straightest | acl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 know | punct |
| 24 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 know | cc |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 know | nsubj |
| 26 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 know | aux |
| 27 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 crookedest | parataxis |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 charm | det |
| 29 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 know | obj |
| 30 | Whereby | whereby | ADV | PronType=Int | 34 done | advmod |
| 31 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 done | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 done | aux |
| 33 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 34 done | aux:pass |
| 34 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 know | advcl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 will | punct |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 will | nsubj |
| 37 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 straight | aux |
| 38 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 heat | cc |
| 39 | heat | heat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 Replied | conj |
| 40 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 stick | det |
| 41 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 heat | obj |
| 42 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 little | det |
| 43 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 stick | amod |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 fire | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 fire | det |
| 46 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 little | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 sing | punct |
| 48 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 sing | cc |
| 49 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 Replied | conj |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 spell | det |
| 51 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 spell | amod |
| 52 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 sing | obj |
| 53 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 be | cc |
| 54 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 57 be | advmod |
| 55 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 be | nsubj |
| 56 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 be | aux |
| 57 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 sing | conj |
| 58 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 57 be | advmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 Replied | punct |
| 60 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | gerund | Sable not said here | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | reply speech: assert | participle · passive | Sable | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not is in a quote | present | rod | straight property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | what nsubj; crooked property | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | is in a quote | infinitive | straight property | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | make in a quote | participle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||||
| 7 | know in a quote | present · do-support | I | a charm | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer charm=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | do in a quote | may · passive | this | whereby property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 9 | heat in a quote | infinitive | this stick | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stick=Patient | |||||
| 10 | sing speech: express in a quote | infinitive | the proper spell | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spell=Theme | |||||
| 11 | be in a quote | shall | rod | then | straight property | vn exist-47.1 «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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