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title: It so befell that I, _per fortuna_, became correspondent with Profes… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: It so befell that I, _per fortuna_, became correspondent with Professor J. Dyneley Prince, who had come some time after but got far before me in a knowledge of Algonkin, as was shown in various papers containing the original text and translations of Algonkin legends in different dialects. Who acts: 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 101

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It so befell that I, \_per fortuna\_, became correspondent with Professor J. Dyneley Prince, who had come some time after but got far before me in a knowledge of Algonkin, as was shown in various papers containing the original text and translations of Algonkin legends in different dialects.

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**Who acts:** sono, correspondent, time, various papers, Algonkin legends · **What happens:** befall, become, come, get, show, contain · **To what, where:** correspondent, knowledge, various papers, original text

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sono, correspondent, time, various papers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:1:102
# text = It so befell that I, _per fortuna_, became correspondent with Professor J. Dyneley Prince, who had come some time after but got far before me in a knowledge of Algonkin, as was shown in various papers containing the original text and translations of Algonkin legends in different dialects.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	befell	befall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	per	per	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fortuna	fortuna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	correspondent	correspondent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	xcomp	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	Professor	Professor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:desc	_	_
16	J.	J.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
17	Dyneley	Dyneley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	flat	_	_
18	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	acl	_	_
23	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	24	det	_	_
24	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl:unmarked	_	_
25	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
26	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl	_	_
28	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	27	advmod	_	_
29	before	before	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Algonkin	Algonkin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	_
43	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	42	acl	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	translations	translation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	conj	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	Algonkin	Algonkin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	_
51	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	dialects	dialect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **befall** | past | sono |  |  |  |  | that I; per fortuna | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | past |  | correspondent with J. Prince |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **come** | past · perfect | correspondent with J. Prince |  |  |  | time |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **get** | past | some time *not said here* |  |  | a knowledge of Algonkin | before me | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **show** | past · passive |  |  |  | various papers |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |
| 6 | **contain** | gerund | various papers *not said here* | the original text and translations of Algonkin legends in different dialects |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot text=Theme |
| 7 | **translate** |  | Algonkin legends in different dialects |  |  |  |  |  | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**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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