Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 9, sentence 98
Then the Master, rising high As any giant pine, Caught the monster in his hand, And crumpled in his back With a mighty grip--and lo!
Who acts: Master · What happens: rise, catch, crumple · To what, where: monster, hand, back
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), 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 | 3 Master | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Master | det |
| 3 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Caught | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rising | punct |
| 5 | rising | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 Master | acl |
| 6 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rising | xcomp |
| 7 | As | as | ADP | _ | 10 pine | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 pine | det |
| 9 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 pine | amod |
| 10 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 high | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Master | punct |
| 12 | Caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 monster | det |
| 14 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Caught | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 hand | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 hand | nmod:poss |
| 17 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Caught | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 crumpled | punct |
| 19 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 crumpled | cc |
| 20 | crumpled | crumple | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 Caught | conj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 back | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 back | nmod:poss |
| 23 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 crumpled | obl |
| 24 | With | with | ADP | _ | 27 grip | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 grip | det |
| 26 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 grip | amod |
| 27 | grip | grip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 crumpled | obl |
| 28 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 30 lo | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 lo | cc |
| 30 | lo | lo | INTJ | _ | 12 Caught | discourse |
| 31 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 12 Caught | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | gerund | the Master not said here | high property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | catch | past | the Master | the monster | Begone's hand | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monster=Theme | |||
| 3 | crumple | past | the Master not said here | Begone's back | with a mighty grip | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with grip=Instrument |
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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