Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 69
One day it came to pass That the Master said to Mikchik “To-morrow will be held The very great yearly ball-play And you must share in the game.
Who acts: more, Master, Mikchik · What happens: come, pass, say, hold, share · To what, where: That, Mikchik, great yearly ball play, game · 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 (more, Master, Mikchik), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pass | mark |
| 6 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 came | xcomp |
| 7 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 pass | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Master | det |
| 9 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 pass | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Mikchik | case |
| 12 | Mikchik | Mikchik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 held | punct |
| 14 | To | to | ADP | _ | 16 morrow | case |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 To | punct |
| 16 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 held | obl |
| 17 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 held | aux |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 held | aux:pass |
| 19 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 said | ccomp |
| 20 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 play | det |
| 21 | very | very | ADV | _ | 22 great | advmod |
| 22 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 play | amod |
| 23 | yearly | yearly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 play | amod |
| 24 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 play | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 ball | punct |
| 26 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 held | obj |
| 27 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 share | cc |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 share | nsubj |
| 29 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 share | aux |
| 30 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 held | conj |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 game | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 game | det |
| 33 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 share | obl |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | more | day | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pass | to-infinitive | more not said here | That | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the Master | Mikchik | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mikchik=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | hold in a quote | future · passive | the great yearly ball play | to morrow | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: play=Theme | ||||
| 5 | share in a quote | must | Mikchik | the game | tree rules |
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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