Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 41
[28] However, he always bore His trials with such good nature, His wants with such merry patience, That the Master took strangely to him With most unwonted affection, As if he had determined To make of the idler a man; Which verily came to pass Quite soon, and very quaintly, As you shall presently hear.
Who acts: Master, That, you · What happens: bear, take, determine, make, come, pass · To what, where: 28, Master, man
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, That, you), 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 28 | punct |
| 2 | 28 | 28 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 bore | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 28 | punct |
| 4 | However | however | ADV | _ | 8 bore | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bore | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bore | nsubj |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 bore | advmod |
| 8 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 trials | nmod:poss |
| 10 | trials | trial | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bore | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 nature | case |
| 12 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 nature | amod |
| 13 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 nature | amod |
| 14 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trials | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 wants | punct |
| 16 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 wants | nmod:poss |
| 17 | wants | want | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 trials | conj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 patience | case |
| 19 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 patience | amod |
| 20 | merry | merry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 patience | amod |
| 21 | patience | patience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 wants | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 took | punct |
| 23 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 took | nsubj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Master | det |
| 25 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 That | appos |
| 26 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 bore | parataxis |
| 27 | strangely | strangely | ADV | _ | 26 took | advmod |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 him | case |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 took | obl |
| 30 | With | with | ADP | _ | 33 affection | case |
| 31 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 33 affection | amod |
| 32 | unwonted | unwonted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 affection | amod |
| 33 | affection | affection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 took | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 determined | punct |
| 35 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 determined | mark |
| 36 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 39 determined | mark |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 determined | nsubj |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 determined | aux |
| 39 | determined | determine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 took | conj |
| 40 | To | to | PART | _ | 41 make | mark |
| 41 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 determined | advcl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 idler | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 idler | det |
| 44 | idler | idler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 make | obl |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 man | det |
| 46 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 make | xcomp |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 came | punct |
| 48 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 came | nsubj |
| 49 | verily | verily | ADV | _ | 50 came | advmod |
| 50 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 took | conj |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 pass | mark |
| 52 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 came | xcomp |
| 53 | Quite | quite | ADV | _ | 54 soon | advmod |
| 54 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 52 pass | advmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 quaintly | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 quaintly | cc |
| 57 | very | very | ADV | _ | 58 quaintly | advmod |
| 58 | quaintly | quaintly | ADV | _ | 50 came | advmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 hear | punct |
| 60 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 64 hear | mark |
| 61 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 64 hear | nsubj |
| 62 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 64 hear | aux |
| 63 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 64 hear | advmod |
| 64 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 came | conj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 bore | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past | Master | 28 | Master's trials and Master's wants with such merry patience obj; always, however property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Patient | |||
| 2 | take | past | That | Master | with most unwonted affection; strangely property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result | |||
| 3 | determine a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | Master | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | make | to-infinitive | Master not said here | a man | of the idler | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||
| 5 | come | past | Which nsubj; quaintly, verily property | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | pass | to-infinitive | soon property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | hear | shall | you | presently property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | try | Master | with such good nature | nom trial «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | |||||
| 9 | want | Master | with such merry patience | nom want «state transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
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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