--- title: This assertion is, I trust, verified by what is given in the Micmac… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: This assertion is, I trust, verified by what is given in the Micmac tales by the late Rev. S. Rand, the collection made by Miss Abbey Alger of Boston, and my own “Algonquin Legends of New England,”[2] which I, _sit venia_, may mention was the first to appear of the series. Who acts: I, late Rev.. 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Rand, the collection made by Miss Abbey Alger of Boston, and my own “Algonquin Legends of New England,”\[2\] which I, \_sit venia\_, may mention was the first to appear of the series. **Who acts:** I, late Rev. · **What happens:** be, verify, give, make, sit, mention · **To what, where:** assertion, Micmac tales, collection, venia 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 (I, late Rev.), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78673:1:119 # text = This assertion is, I trust, verified by what is given in the Micmac tales by the late Rev. S. Rand, the collection made by Miss Abbey Alger of Boston, and my own “Algonquin Legends of New England,”[2] which I, _sit venia_, may mention was the first to appear of the series. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 assertion assertion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 trust trust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 verified verify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 Micmac Micmac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Rev. Rev. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 21 S. S. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ _ 22 Rand Rand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 26 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Abbey Abbey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl:agent _ _ 30 Alger Alger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Boston Boston PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Algonquin Algonquin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ _ 42 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 52 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 46 punct _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obj _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 53 venia venia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 mention mention VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 57 obj _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 acl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | this assertion *not said here* | | | | trust *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **verify** | participle | the late Rev. and the collection *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | present · passive | the late Rev. and the collection | this assertion | | the Micmac tales | | my own Algonquin Legends of New England *obl*; what *nsubj:pass* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 4 | **make** | participle | | the collection *not said here* | | | | Miss Abbey *obl:agent* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **sit** | infinitive | I | | venia | | | 2 *discourse*; which *obj* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent which=Theme venia=Destination | | 6 | **mention** *speech: other* | may | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **appear** | to-infinitive | | | | | | of the series | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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. - ← previous: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/119/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/)