Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 59
So the next day the Master, Taking a bunch of _wâbab_, That is, of the finest wampum, Went to the chief of the Piktook Proposing that his uncle Should marry the youngest daughter.
Who acts: Master, That, uncle · What happens: take, be, go, propose, marry · To what, where: bunch, chief, youngest daughter
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, uncle), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 24 Went | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Went | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Master | det |
| 6 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 day | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Taking | punct |
| 8 | Taking | take | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 Master | acl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bunch | det |
| 10 | bunch | bunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Taking | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 wâbab | case |
| 12 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 11 of | punct |
| 13 | wâbab | wâbab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bunch | nmod |
| 14 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 8 Taking | punct |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 wampum | punct |
| 16 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 wampum | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 wampum | cop |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 wampum | punct |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 wampum | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 wampum | det |
| 21 | finest | fine | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 22 wampum | amod |
| 22 | wampum | wampum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Master | appos |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 day | punct |
| 24 | Went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 chief | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 chief | det |
| 27 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Went | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Piktook | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Piktook | det |
| 30 | Piktook | Piktook | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 chief | nmod |
| 31 | Proposing | propose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 Went | advcl |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 marry | mark |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 34 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 marry | nsubj |
| 35 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 marry | aux |
| 36 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 Proposing | advcl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 daughter | det |
| 38 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 39 daughter | amod |
| 39 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 marry | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 Went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | the Master not said here | a bunch of wâbab | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bunch=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | That | of the finest wampum | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go | past | the chief of the Piktook | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to chief=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | propose | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | marry | should | chief's uncle | the youngest daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient |
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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