Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 38
But he set an appointed mark Or space, and said that he must not Go even an inch beyond it: So the Turtle went down to the sea, And caught a monstrous whale, And bore it up to the camp; It all seemed very easy, But he quite forgot that the power Was given him by the Master; So he took it all as his own.
Who acts: Was, Turtle, It, Master · What happens: set, appoint, say, not go, go down, catch · To what, where: appointed mark, inch, monstrous whale, sea, power, Was · 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 (Was, Turtle, It, Master), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 set | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 set | nsubj |
| 3 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 mark | det |
| 5 | appointed | appoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 mark | amod |
| 6 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 set | obj |
| 7 | Or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 space | cc |
| 8 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mark | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 said | cc |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 set | parataxis |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 Go | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 Go | nsubj |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 Go | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 Go | advmod |
| 16 | Go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 17 | even | even | ADV | _ | 19 inch | advmod |
| 18 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 inch | det |
| 19 | inch | inch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Go | obl |
| 20 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 21 it | case |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 Go | obl |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 went | punct |
| 23 | So | so | ADV | _ | 26 went | advmod |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Turtle | det |
| 25 | Turtle | Turtle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 went | nsubj |
| 26 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 27 | down | down | ADV | _ | 26 went | advmod |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 sea | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 sea | det |
| 30 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 went | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 caught | punct |
| 32 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 caught | cc |
| 33 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 went | parataxis |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 whale | det |
| 35 | monstrous | monstrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 whale | amod |
| 36 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 caught | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 bore | punct |
| 38 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 bore | cc |
| 39 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 caught | conj |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 bore | obj |
| 41 | up | up | ADP | _ | 39 bore | compound:prt |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 camp | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 camp | det |
| 44 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 bore | obl |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 seemed | punct |
| 46 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 seemed | nsubj |
| 47 | all | all | ADV | _ | 48 seemed | advmod |
| 48 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | parataxis |
| 49 | very | very | ADV | _ | 50 easy | advmod |
| 50 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 seemed | xcomp |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 forgot | punct |
| 52 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 55 forgot | cc |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 forgot | nsubj |
| 54 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 55 forgot | advmod |
| 55 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 seemed | conj |
| 56 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 60 given | mark |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 power | det |
| 58 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 given | nsubj:pass |
| 59 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 given | aux:pass |
| 60 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 forgot | advcl |
| 61 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 given | iobj |
| 62 | by | by | ADP | _ | 64 Master | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 Master | det |
| 64 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 given | obl |
| 65 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 68 took | punct |
| 66 | So | so | ADV | _ | 68 took | advmod |
| 67 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 took | nsubj |
| 68 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 set | conj |
| 69 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 took | obj |
| 70 | all | all | ADV | _ | 73 own | advmod |
| 71 | as | as | ADP | _ | 73 own | case |
| 72 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 73 own | nmod:poss |
| 73 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 took | obl |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | past | Was | a appointed mark or space | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient mark=Result | ||||
| 2 | appoint | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | not go | must | Was | a inch | beyond inch | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beyond it=Location | |||
| 5 | go down | past | the Turtle | to the sea; down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | catch | past | a monstrous whale | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme | |||||
| 7 | bear up | past | sea | to the camp | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 8 | seem | past | It | all, easy property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | forget | past | Was | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | give | past · passive | the Master | the power | Was | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient he=Theme | |||
| 11 | take | past | Was | sea | as Was's own | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as own=Attribute |
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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