--- title: Very few persons are aware that there has perished, or is rapidly pe… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Very few persons are aware that there has perished, or is rapidly perishing, among the Red Indians of North America, far more poetry than was ever written by all the white inhabitants and that this native verse is often of a very high order. Who acts: few persons, white inhabitants, native verse. 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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 (few persons, white inhabitants, native verse), 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:pg78673:1:88 # text = Very few persons are aware that there has perished, or is rapidly perishing, among the Red Indians of North America, far more poetry than was ever written by all the white inhabitants and that this native verse is often of a very high order. 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 aware aware ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 8 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 perished perish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 perishing perish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 among among ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 America America PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 25 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 amod _ _ 26 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 27 than than SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 30 advmod _ _ 30 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 39 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 verse verse NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 42 often often ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | few persons | | | | | aware *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **perish** | present · perfect | few persons *not said here* | | | there | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **perish** | present · progressive | few persons *not said here* | | | | | among the Red Indians of North America; more poetry *parataxis*; rapidly *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **write** | past · passive | all white inhabitants and a high order | more poetry *not said here* | | | ever | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | this native verse | | | | | of a high order; often *property* | tree rules | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/88/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/1/)