Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 79
And this came, indeed, betimes, And not before it was needed; For on the very next day All of the men went hunting, And the Master warned the Turtle That they would attempt his life.
Who acts: this, All, Master, That · What happens: come, not need, go, hunt, warn, attempt · To what, where: heart, Turtle, life · 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 (this, All, Master, That), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 came | cc |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 indeed | punct |
| 5 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 betimes | punct |
| 7 | betimes | betimes | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 needed | punct |
| 9 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 needed | cc |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 needed | advmod |
| 11 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 14 needed | mark |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 needed | aux:pass |
| 14 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 came | parataxis |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 went | punct |
| 16 | For | for | ADP | _ | 21 day | case |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 day | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 day | det |
| 19 | very | very | ADV | _ | 20 next | advmod |
| 20 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 day | amod |
| 21 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 went | obl |
| 22 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 went | nsubj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 men | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 men | det |
| 25 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 All | nmod |
| 26 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | parataxis |
| 27 | hunting | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 went | xcomp |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 warned | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 warned | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Master | det |
| 31 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 warned | nsubj |
| 32 | warned | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 went | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Turtle | det |
| 34 | Turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 warned | obj |
| 35 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 attempt | nsubj |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 attempt | nsubj |
| 37 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 attempt | aux |
| 38 | attempt | attempt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 warned | ccomp |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 life | nmod:poss |
| 40 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 attempt | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | this | betimes, indeed property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not need | past · passive | heart | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | go | past | All of the men | day | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | hunt | gerund | All of the men not said here | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | warn speech: warn | past | the Master | the Turtle | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent turtle=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | attempt | would | That | Master's life | Mikchik nsubj | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality |
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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