Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 84
Only beg as a dying favor Not to be cast into water, Into the water to drown, Beg and implore and entreat them To spare thee that terrible torture, Yes, fight to the bitter end; So will they certainly do it, And so it shall come to pass.”
Who acts: you, water, end · What happens: beg, die, not cast, drown, implore, entreat · To what, where: water, waters, thee
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 (you, water, end), 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 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 beg | advmod |
| 2 | beg | beg | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 favor | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 favor | det |
| 5 | dying | die | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 favor | amod |
| 6 | favor | favor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 beg | obl |
| 7 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 cast | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 cast | mark |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 cast | aux:pass |
| 10 | cast | cast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 favor | acl:relcl |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 water | case |
| 12 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cast | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 drown | punct |
| 14 | Into | into | SCONJ | _ | 18 drown | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 water | det |
| 16 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 drown | nsubj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 drown | mark |
| 18 | drown | drown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 beg | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Beg | punct |
| 20 | Beg | beg | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 drown | conj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 implore | cc |
| 22 | implore | implore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 Beg | conj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 entreat | cc |
| 24 | entreat | entreat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 implore | conj |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 entreat | obj |
| 26 | To | to | PART | _ | 27 spare | mark |
| 27 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 entreat | advcl |
| 28 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 27 spare | obj |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 torture | mark |
| 30 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 torture | amod |
| 31 | torture | torture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 spare | xcomp |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Yes | punct |
| 33 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 35 fight | discourse |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 fight | punct |
| 35 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 drown | parataxis |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 end | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 end | det |
| 38 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 end | amod |
| 39 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 fight | nmod |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 come | punct |
| 41 | So | so | ADV | _ | 45 do | advmod |
| 42 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 do | aux |
| 43 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 do | nsubj |
| 44 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 45 do | advmod |
| 45 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 come | aux |
| 46 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 do | obj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 come | punct |
| 48 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 come | cc |
| 49 | so | so | ADV | _ | 52 come | advmod |
| 50 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 come | nsubj |
| 51 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 come | aux |
| 52 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 beg | conj |
| 53 | to | to | PART | _ | 54 pass | mark |
| 54 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 come | xcomp |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 beg | punct |
| 56 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 beg | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | imperative | you not said here | as a dying favor | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | die | gerund | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||||
| 3 | not cast | to-infinitive · passive | you not said here | water | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: into water=Product | ||||
| 4 | drown | to-infinitive | the water | fight to the bitter end parataxis | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | beg speech: request | infinitive | the water not said here | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | implore | infinitive | the water not said here | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | entreat | infinitive | the water not said here | waters = water | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | spare | to-infinitive | the water not said here | thee | terrible torture xcomp | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Asset | |||
| 9 | come | shall · present · do-support | end | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | pass | to-infinitive | end not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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