Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 29
The serpent followed him, But, even as he left The wigwam, there he met The Master, who forthwith Struck him a mighty blow And slew him out of hand; Of old times this befell-- And thus my story ends.
Who acts: serpent, stick, Master, this, story · What happens: follow, leave, meet, strike, slay, befall · To what, where: stick, wigwam, Master, hand
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 (serpent, stick, Master, this), 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 serpent | det |
| 2 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 followed | nsubj |
| 3 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 followed | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 left | punct |
| 6 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 left | cc |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 left | punct |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 left | advmod |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 left | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 left | nsubj |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 followed | conj |
| 12 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 wigwam | det |
| 13 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 left | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 met | punct |
| 15 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 17 met | expl |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 met | nsubj |
| 17 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 followed | parataxis |
| 18 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Master | det |
| 19 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 met | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 Struck | punct |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 Struck | nsubj |
| 22 | forthwith | forthwith | ADV | _ | 23 Struck | advmod |
| 23 | Struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 Master | acl:relcl |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 Struck | obj |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 blow | det |
| 26 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 blow | amod |
| 27 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Struck | obj |
| 28 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 slew | cc |
| 29 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 Struck | conj |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 slew | obj |
| 31 | out | out | ADP | _ | 33 hand | case |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 hand | case |
| 33 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 slew | obl |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 befell | punct |
| 35 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 37 times | case |
| 36 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 times | amod |
| 37 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 befell | obl |
| 38 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 befell | nsubj |
| 39 | befell | befall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 followed | parataxis |
| 40 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 45 ends | punct |
| 41 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 ends | cc |
| 42 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 45 ends | advmod |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 story | nmod:poss |
| 44 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 ends | nsubj |
| 45 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 befell | conj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 followed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | past | the serpent | stick | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | past | stick | the wigwam | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wigwam=Theme | ||||
| 3 | meet | past | stick | the Master | there | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Co-Agent | |||
| 4 | strike | past | the Master | stick | a mighty blow obj; forthwith property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient blow=Result | |||
| 5 | slay | past | the Master not said here | stick | hand | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | |||
| 6 | befall | past | this | time | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | end | present | my story | thus property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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