Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 35
It is said that Mikchik the Turtle Was ever loved by his nephew, While another tradition tells That he was false to the Master: I know not how it may be, I can only tell the story As it was told to me.
Who acts: nephew, tradition, That, I, Eagle · What happens: say, love, tell, be, not know · To what, where: Eagle, Mikchik, story, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nephew, tradition, That, I), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | aux:pass |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 loved | mark |
| 5 | Mikchik | Mikchik | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 loved | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 loved | det |
| 7 | Turtle | Turtle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 loved | nsubj |
| 8 | Was | Was | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 loved | nsubj |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 10 loved | advmod |
| 10 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 said | ccomp |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 nephew | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 nephew | nmod:poss |
| 13 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 loved | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 tells | punct |
| 15 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 18 tells | mark |
| 16 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 17 tradition | det |
| 17 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 tells | nsubj |
| 18 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 loved | conj |
| 19 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 false | nsubj |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 false | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 false | cop |
| 22 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 tells | ccomp |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 Master | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Master | det |
| 25 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 false | obl |
| 26 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 know | punct |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 know | nsubj |
| 28 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 tells | ccomp |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 know | advmod |
| 30 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 be | advmod |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 be | nsubj |
| 32 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 be | aux |
| 33 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 know | ccomp |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 tell | punct |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 tell | nsubj |
| 36 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 tell | aux |
| 37 | only | only | ADV | _ | 38 tell | advmod |
| 38 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 know | parataxis |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 story | det |
| 40 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 tell | obj |
| 41 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 44 told | mark |
| 42 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 told | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 told | aux:pass |
| 44 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 tell | advcl |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 me | case |
| 46 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 told | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · passive | Eagle | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | love | participle · passive | Was's nephew | Mikchik | ever | Turtle nsubj; Was nsubj | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | ||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | present | another tradition | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | is | past | That | to the Master; Mikchik nsubj; false property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | not know | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | be | may | Eagle | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | tell speech: assert | can | I | the story | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | tell speech: assert | past · passive | Eagle | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to i=Recipient |
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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