Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 57
On her the old-young turtle Cast his experienced eyes With a boy-like, innocent look, And said, “I think that damsel Would exactly suit my complaint, And therefore I think I will take her!”
Who acts: experienced eyes, damsel, my · What happens: say, think, suit, take, complain · To what, where: complaint, chieftain · 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 (experienced eyes, damsel, my), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 her | case |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 turtle | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 turtle | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 old | punct |
| 6 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 turtle | amod |
| 7 | turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Cast | compound |
| 8 | Cast | Cast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 her | conj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 10 | experienced | experienced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 eyes | amod |
| 11 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 said | nsubj |
| 12 | With | with | ADP | _ | 19 look | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 look | det |
| 14 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 like | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 boy | punct |
| 16 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 look | amod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 like | punct |
| 18 | innocent | innocent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 look | amod |
| 19 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 eyes | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 said | punct |
| 21 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 said | cc |
| 22 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 think | punct |
| 24 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 think | punct |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 think | nsubj |
| 26 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 said | ccomp |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 suit | mark |
| 28 | damsel | damsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 suit | nsubj |
| 29 | Would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 suit | aux |
| 30 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 31 suit | advmod |
| 31 | suit | suit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 think | ccomp |
| 32 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 complaint | nmod:poss |
| 33 | complaint | complaint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 suit | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 think | punct |
| 35 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 think | cc |
| 36 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 38 think | advmod |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 think | nsubj |
| 38 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 said | conj |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 take | nsubj |
| 40 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 take | aux |
| 41 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 think | ccomp |
| 42 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 take | obj |
| 43 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 22 said | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | past | chieftain's experienced eyes with a like innocent look | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other in a quote | present | chieftain's experienced eyes with a like innocent look = eye | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | suit in a quote | would | damsel | my complaint | exactly property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | think speech: other in a quote | present | chieftain's experienced eyes with a like innocent look = eye | therefore property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 5 | take in a quote | future | chieftain's experienced eyes with a like innocent look = eye | chieftain | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | ||||
| 6 | complain in a quote | my | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=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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