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title: And I venture to say from the deepest conviction that it will be no… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 119

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And I venture to say from the deepest conviction that it will be no small occasion of astonishment and chagrin, a hundred years hence, when the last Algonkin Indian of the \_Wabano\_ shall have passed away, that so few among our literary or cultured folk cared enough to collect this connected aboriginal literature.

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**Who acts:** I, assertion, last Algonkin, few, this · **What happens:** venture, say, be, pass away, culture, care · **To what, where:** deepest conviction, small occasion, Wabano · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (I, assertion, last Algonkin, few), 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:pg78673:1:120
# text = And I venture to say from the deepest conviction that it will be no small occasion of astonishment and chagrin, a hundred years hence, when the last Algonkin Indian of the _Wabano_ shall have passed away, that so few among our literary or cultured folk cared enough to collect this connected aboriginal literature.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	venture	venture	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	deepest	deep	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	conviction	conviction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
15	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	astonishment	astonishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	chagrin	chagrin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
24	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
25	hence	hence	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
27	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	31	advmod	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	Algonkin	Algonkin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
31	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
32	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
34	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	Wabano	Wabano	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	35	punct	_	_
37	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	aux	_	_
39	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	advcl	_	_
40	away	away	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	44	nsubj	_	_
43	so	so	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	nsubj	_	_
45	among	among	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
46	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
47	literary	literary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
48	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	cultured	culture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	amod	_	_
50	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
51	cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	parataxis	_	_
52	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	collect	collect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	advcl	_	_
55	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	58	nsubj	_	_
56	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	amod	_	_
57	aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **venture** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  | the deepest conviction |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | future | assertion | no small occasion |  |  | year | of astonishment and chagrin | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | the last Algonkin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **pass away** | shall · perfect · passive |  | Wabano |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **culture** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **care** | past | few  that among our literary cultured folk |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **collect** | to-infinitive | few  that among our literary cultured folk *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **connect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 10 | **literature** |  | this |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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