Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 81
Then the messenger returned In sorrow to his people, Bringing them little joy, And for a very few days There was a little water, Then it stopped and they suffered again.
Who acts: messenger, little water, water, people · What happens: return, bring, be, stop, suffer · To what, where: sorrow, people
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 (messenger, little water, water, people), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 returned | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 messenger | det |
| 3 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 returned | nsubj |
| 4 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | In | in | ADP | _ | 6 sorrow | case |
| 6 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 returned | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 people | nmod:poss |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 returned | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Bringing | punct |
| 11 | Bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 returned | advcl |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 Bringing | obj |
| 13 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 joy | amod |
| 14 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Bringing | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 was | punct |
| 16 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 was | cc |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 days | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 days | det |
| 19 | very | very | ADV | _ | 20 few | advmod |
| 20 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 days | amod |
| 21 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 was | obl |
| 22 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 23 was | expl |
| 23 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 returned | conj |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 water | det |
| 25 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 water | amod |
| 26 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 was | nsubj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 stopped | punct |
| 28 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 30 stopped | advmod |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 stopped | nsubj |
| 30 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 returned | parataxis |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 suffered | cc |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 suffered | nsubj |
| 33 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 stopped | conj |
| 34 | again | again | ADV | _ | 33 suffered | advmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 returned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | the messenger | sorrow | then | to messenger's people result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to people=Result | ||
| 2 | bring | gerund | the messenger not said here | people | little joy obj | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination joy=Theme | |||
| 3 | be | past | a little water | there | day | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | stop | past | water | then | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | suffer | past | people | again | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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