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title: The traditions and, to some extent, the languages and histories of t… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: The traditions and, to some extent, the languages and histories of the aboriginal tribes are quite as worthy of being taught at our universities to all who propose to become American scholars as many other branches which are endowed at great expense, and are a great source of pride. Who acts: tradit
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 139

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The traditions and, to some extent, the languages and histories of the aboriginal tribes are quite as worthy of being taught at our universities to all who propose to become American scholars as many other branches which are endowed at great expense, and are a great source of pride.

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**Who acts:** traditions, universities · **What happens:** be, teach, propose, become, endow · **To what, where:** universities, American scholars, many other branches, great expense, great source

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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 (traditions, universities), 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:pg78673:1:140
# text = The traditions and, to some extent, the languages and histories of the aboriginal tribes are quite as worthy of being taught at our universities to all who propose to become American scholars as many other branches which are endowed at great expense, and are a great source of pride.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	histories	history	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	worthy	worthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
21	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	advcl	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	universities	university	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	26	nmod	_	_
29	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
30	propose	propose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
33	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	scholars	scholar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	xcomp	_	_
35	as	as	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
37	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	appos	_	_
39	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
40	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	endowed	endow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl:relcl	_	_
42	at	at	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	expense	expense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
47	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the traditions and some extent and the languages and histories of the aboriginal tribes |  |  |  |  | worthy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | gerund · passive | the traditions and some extent and the languages and histories of the aboriginal tribes *not said here* |  |  | our universities to all |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **propose** | present | our universities to all |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **become** | to-infinitive | our universities to all *not said here* | American scholars |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **endow** | present · passive |  | many other branches |  | great expense |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 6 | **is a** | present | the traditions and some extent and the languages and histories of the aboriginal tribes *not said here* | a great source |  |  |  | of pride | 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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