Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 7
The entrails of the moose, Across the bay he cast Unto his dogs, and they, Which were also turned to stone, To this day may be seen there, As I have seen them myself; And there, too, in the rock Are the prints of his arrow and bow.
Who acts: entrails, I, rock · What happens: cast, turn, see, be · To what, where: bay, entrails, stone, prints
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 (entrails, I, rock), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 entrails | det |
| 2 | entrails | entrail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 cast | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 moose | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 moose | det |
| 5 | moose | moose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 entrails | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bay | punct |
| 7 | Across | across | ADP | _ | 9 bay | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bay | det |
| 9 | bay | bay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cast | obl |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 cast | nsubj |
| 11 | cast | cast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | Unto | unto | ADP | _ | 14 dogs | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 dogs | nmod:poss |
| 14 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 cast | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 turned | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 turned | cc |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 turned | nsubj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 turned | punct |
| 19 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 turned | aux:pass |
| 21 | also | also | ADV | _ | 22 turned | advmod |
| 22 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 cast | conj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 stone | case |
| 24 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 turned | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 seen | punct |
| 26 | To | to | SCONJ | _ | 31 seen | mark |
| 27 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 day | det |
| 28 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 seen | obl:unmarked |
| 29 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 seen | aux |
| 30 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 31 seen | aux:pass |
| 31 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 turned | conj |
| 32 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 seen | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 seen | punct |
| 34 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 37 seen | mark |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 seen | nsubj |
| 36 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 seen | aux |
| 37 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 seen | conj |
| 38 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 seen | obj |
| 39 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 37 seen | obl:unmarked |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 there | punct |
| 41 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 there | cc |
| 42 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 cast | parataxis |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 too | punct |
| 44 | too | too | ADV | _ | 42 there | advmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 rock | punct |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 48 rock | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 rock | det |
| 48 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 prints | nsubj |
| 49 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 prints | cop |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 prints | det |
| 51 | prints | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 cast | parataxis | |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 arrow | case |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 arrow | nmod:poss |
| 54 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 prints | nmod |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 bow | cc |
| 56 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 arrow | conj |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 cast | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cast | past | the entrails of the moose | the bay | unto Kulóskap's dogs; Kulóskap nsubj | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | turn | past · passive | entrails = entrail | stone | Which nsubj:pass | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to stone=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | see | may · passive | there | day | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | ||||
| 4 | see | present · perfect | I | entrails = entrail | myself obl:unmarked | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | is a | present | the rock | the prints | of Kulóskap's arrow and bow | 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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