--- title: Cree syllabics were developed in the 1840s by the missionary James E… — When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and… · tree and pragmatics description: Cree syllabics were developed in the 1840s by the missionary James Evans with Cree speakers, and some Cree tell that the script came from a Cree man; missionaries brought schools and writing but often banned local customs and languages. Who acts: missionary, Cree, script, missionaries. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (missionary, Cree, script, missionaries), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:history:076-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides.lesson:14 # text = Cree syllabics were developed in the 1840s by the missionary James Evans with Cree speakers, and some Cree tell that the script came from a Cree man; missionaries brought schools and writing but often banned local customs and languages. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = history # lesson = 076-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Cree cree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 syllabics syllabic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 developed develop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 1840s 1840 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 missionary missionary NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _ 11 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Evans Evans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 Cree cree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=15:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 15 speakers speaker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 Cree cree NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 script script NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 Cree cree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=28:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 missionaries missionary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 often often ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 banned ban VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=4:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 customs custom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 languages language NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **develop** | past · passive | the missionary James Evans with Cree speakers | Cree syllabics | | the 1840s | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | some Cree | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | past | the script | | | | | from a Cree man | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from man=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **bring** | past | missionaries | schools and writing | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent school=Theme | | 5 | **ban** | past | missionaries *not said here* | local customs and languages | | | | often *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer custom=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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:history:076-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides.lesson:14`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. 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