Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 83
“First of all, my uncle, They will build a mighty fire, And throw you into the flame, But endure it, and with joy; For by my magic power I will see that it does no harm.
Who acts: man, fire · What happens: build, throw, endure, see, do · To what, where: mighty fire, you, flame, fire, harm · 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 (man, fire), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 build | punct |
| 2 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 build | advmod |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 First | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 uncle | punct |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 7 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 First | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 uncle | punct |
| 9 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 build | nsubj |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 build | aux |
| 11 | build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fire | det |
| 13 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fire | amod |
| 14 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 build | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 throw | punct |
| 16 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 throw | cc |
| 17 | throw | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 build | conj |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 throw | obj |
| 19 | into | into | ADP | _ | 21 flame | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 flame | det |
| 21 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 throw | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 endure | punct |
| 23 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 endure | cc |
| 24 | endure | endure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 build | conj |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 endure | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 joy | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 joy | cc |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 joy | case |
| 29 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 endure | obl |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 see | punct |
| 31 | For | for | ADP | _ | 35 power | case |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 power | case |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 power | nmod:poss |
| 34 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 power | compound |
| 35 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 see | obl |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 see | nsubj |
| 37 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 see | aux |
| 38 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 build | conj |
| 39 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 does | mark |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 does | nsubj |
| 41 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 see | ccomp |
| 42 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 43 harm | det |
| 43 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 does | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 build | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build in a quote | future | man | a mighty fire | first property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product | |||
| 2 | throw in a quote | infinitive | man not said here | you | into the flame result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer you=Theme into flame=Result | |||
| 3 | endure in a quote | infinitive | man not said here | fire | with joy | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Circumstance | |||
| 4 | see in a quote | future | man | for my magic power | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | do in a quote | present | fire | no harm | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=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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