Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 66
No one of all these Indians Had ever found a spring, Yet they all were very fond Of a drink of good, clear water And that in their brook was good.
Who acts: women, that · What happens: find, be · To what, where: one
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 (women, 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 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 found | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Indians | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 Indians | det:predet |
| 5 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 Indians | det |
| 6 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 one | nmod |
| 7 | Had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 found | aux |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 found | advmod |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 spring | det |
| 11 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 found | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 fond | punct |
| 13 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 18 fond | cc |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 fond | nsubj |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 fond | nsubj |
| 16 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 fond | cop |
| 17 | very | very | ADV | _ | 18 fond | advmod |
| 18 | fond | fond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 found | conj |
| 19 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 21 drink | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 drink | det |
| 21 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 fond | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 water | case |
| 23 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 water | amod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 good | punct |
| 25 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 water | amod |
| 26 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 drink | nmod |
| 27 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 good | cc |
| 28 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 good | nsubj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 brook | case |
| 30 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 brook | nmod:poss |
| 31 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 that | nmod |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 good | cop |
| 33 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 drink | conj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · perfect · passive | no one of all Indians | ever; spring | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | past | women = woman | of a drink of good clear water; fond property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | that in women's brook | good property | tree rules |
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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