Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 37
When the Master left _Uktâkumkûk_, Called by the English Néwfoundlánd, He went to Piktook or Pictou, Which means “the rising of bubbles,” Because at that place the water Is ever strangely moving.
Who acts: Master, Piktook, water, bubbles · What happens: leave, call, go, mean, move, rise · To what, where: Uktâkumkûk, Piktook, rising, place · 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, Piktook, water, bubbles), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 left | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Master | det |
| 3 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | nsubj |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 went | advcl |
| 5 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 6 Uktâkumkûk | punct |
| 6 | Uktâkumkûk | Uktâkumkûk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obj |
| 7 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 6 Uktâkumkûk | punct |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Called | punct |
| 9 | Called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 Uktâkumkûk | acl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 Néwfoundlánd | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Néwfoundlánd | det |
| 12 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Néwfoundlánd | compound |
| 13 | Néwfoundlánd | Néwfoundlánd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Called | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 left | punct |
| 15 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 went | nsubj |
| 16 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 Piktook | case |
| 18 | Piktook | Piktook | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 went | obl |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 Pictou | cc |
| 20 | Pictou | Pictou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Piktook | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 means | punct |
| 22 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 means | nsubj |
| 23 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 Piktook | parataxis |
| 24 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 rising | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 rising | det |
| 26 | rising | rising | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 means | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 bubbles | case |
| 28 | bubbles | bubble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 rising | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 rising | punct |
| 30 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 rising | punct |
| 31 | Because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 34 place | case |
| 32 | at | at | ADP | _ | 34 place | case |
| 33 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 place | det |
| 34 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 means | obl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 water | det |
| 36 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 moving | nsubj |
| 37 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 moving | aux |
| 38 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 39 strangely | advmod |
| 39 | strangely | strangely | ADV | _ | 40 moving | advmod |
| 40 | moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 place | acl:relcl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | the Master | Uktâkumkûk | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uktâkumkûk=Theme | ||||
| 2 | call | participle | Uktâkumkûk not said here | by the English Néwfoundlánd | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | go | past | Master | Piktook or Pictou | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to piktook=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | mean | present | Piktook or Pictou | the rising of bubbles | because that place | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rising=Topic | |||
| 5 | move | present · progressive | the water | that place not said here | ever | strangely property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent place=Theme | ||
| 6 | rise in a quote | bubbles | nom rising «event intransitive»: of=agent |
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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