Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 94
Then the Master rose and said: “Now I will go to your chief, And I think that he soon will give Far better water than this!”
Who acts: Master, boy · What happens: rise, say, go, think, give · To what, where: chief, better water · 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 (Master, boy), 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 rose | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Master | det |
| 3 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rose | nsubj |
| 4 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 said | cc |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rose | conj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 go | punct |
| 8 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 go | punct |
| 9 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 go | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 go | nsubj |
| 11 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 go | aux |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | ccomp |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 chief | case |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 chief | nmod:poss |
| 15 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 go | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 think | punct |
| 17 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 think | cc |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 think | nsubj |
| 19 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rose | conj |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 give | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 give | nsubj |
| 22 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 24 give | advmod |
| 23 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 give | aux |
| 24 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 think | ccomp |
| 25 | Far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 26 better | advmod |
| 26 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 27 water | amod |
| 27 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 give | obj |
| 28 | than | than | ADP | _ | 29 this | case |
| 29 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 give | obl |
| 30 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 rose | punct |
| 31 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | the Master | then | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: express | past | the Master not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | go in a quote | future | the Master = master | your chief | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to chief=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | think speech: other in a quote | present | the Master = master | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | give in a quote | future | boy | better water | than this; soon property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
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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