Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 83
Now this the Lord Kulóskap, Who was merciful in heart And knew all that was passing In the hearts of his Indian children, Observed, and pitying them Came to them all at once; For he ever came as the wind And no man e’er wist how.
Who acts: Lord Kulóskap, that, pitying, Kulóskap, wind · What happens: be, know, pass, observe, pity, come · To what, where: heart, hearts, Indian children, children · 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 (Lord Kulóskap, that, pitying, Kulóskap), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 knew | advmod |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Now | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Kulóskap | det |
| 4 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Kulóskap | compound |
| 5 | Kulóskap | Kulóskap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 knew | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 merciful | punct |
| 7 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 merciful | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 merciful | cop |
| 9 | merciful | merciful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Kulóskap | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 heart | case |
| 11 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 merciful | obl |
| 12 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 merciful | cc |
| 13 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 passing | det:predet |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 passing | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 passing | aux |
| 17 | passing | pass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 knew | ccomp |
| 18 | In | in | ADP | _ | 20 hearts | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 hearts | det |
| 20 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 passing | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 children | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 children | nmod:poss |
| 23 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 children | amod |
| 24 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 hearts | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Observed | punct |
| 26 | Observed | observe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 children | acl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Came | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 Came | cc |
| 29 | pitying | pity | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 Came | csubj |
| 30 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 pitying | obj |
| 31 | Came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 knew | conj |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 them | case |
| 33 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 Came | obl |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 35 | at | at | ADP | _ | 36 once | case |
| 36 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 31 Came | obl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 came | punct |
| 38 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 41 came | mark |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 came | nsubj |
| 40 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 41 came | advmod |
| 41 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 knew | conj |
| 42 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 49 wist | mark |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 wind | det |
| 44 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 wist | nsubj |
| 45 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 e’er | cc |
| 46 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 48 e’er | det |
| 47 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 e’er | compound |
| 48 | e’er | e'er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 wind | conj |
| 49 | wist | wist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 came | advcl |
| 50 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 49 wist | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Lord Kulóskap | heart | merciful property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | know | past | the Lord Kulóskap | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | pass | past · progressive | that | the hearts of Kulóskap's Indian children | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in heart=Location | ||||
| 4 | observe | participle | Kulóskap's Indian children not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | pity | gerund | children = child | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | come | past | pitying | children = child | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | come | past | Kulóskap | ever | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | wist | present | the wind and no man e’er | 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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