Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 61
To such a grand proposal; So, without loss of time, The maiden swept out a wigwam, And made a bed of sprays, Or of leaves, upon the floor, Spreading out a great white bear skin As a cover over all.
Who acts: maiden · What happens: sweep out, make, spread out · To what, where: wigwam, bed, great white bear skin
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 (maiden), 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 | To | to | PART | _ | 5 proposal | mark |
| 2 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 proposal | det:predet |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 proposal | det |
| 4 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 proposal | amod |
| 5 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 swept | advcl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 loss | punct |
| 7 | So | so | ADV | _ | 10 loss | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 loss | punct |
| 9 | without | without | ADP | _ | 10 loss | case |
| 10 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 proposal | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 time | case |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 loss | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 proposal | punct |
| 14 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 maiden | det |
| 15 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 swept | nsubj |
| 16 | swept | sweep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 swept | compound:prt |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 wigwam | det |
| 19 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 swept | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 made | punct |
| 21 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 made | cc |
| 22 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 swept | conj |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 bed | det |
| 24 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 made | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 sprays | case |
| 26 | sprays | spray | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 bed | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 leaves | punct |
| 28 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 30 leaves | cc |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 leaves | case |
| 30 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 made | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 floor | punct |
| 32 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 34 floor | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 floor | det |
| 34 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 made | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Spreading | punct |
| 36 | Spreading | spread | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 made | parataxis |
| 37 | out | out | ADP | _ | 36 Spreading | compound:prt |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 skin | det |
| 39 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 skin | amod |
| 40 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 skin | amod |
| 41 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 skin | compound |
| 42 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Spreading | obj |
| 43 | As | as | ADP | _ | 45 cover | case |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 cover | det |
| 45 | cover | cover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Spreading | obl |
| 46 | over | over | ADP | _ | 47 all | case |
| 47 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 cover | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 swept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweep out | past | the maiden | a wigwam | such grand proposal and loss of time advcl | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wigwam=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | make | past | the maiden not said here | a bed of sprays | of leaves; upon the floor | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bed=Product | |||
| 3 | spread out | gerund | a great white bear skin | as a cover over all | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location skin=Theme |
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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