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title: I regret that, though I had certainly acquired some knowledge of “In… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: I regret that, though I had certainly acquired some knowledge of “Indian,” it was, as a Passamaquoddy friend one day amiably observed, “only baby Injun now grow bigger some day like Miʿkumwess s’posin’ you want to,” in reference to a small goblin who is believed to have the power of increasing his s
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 94

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I regret that, though I had certainly acquired some knowledge of “Indian,” it was, as a Passamaquoddy friend one day amiably observed, “only baby Injun now grow bigger some day like Miʿkumwess s’posin’ you want to,” in reference to a small goblin who is believed to have the power of increasing his stature at will.

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**Who acts:** I, knowledge, Passamaquoddy friend, you, power · **What happens:** regret, acquire, be, observe, grow, want · **To what, where:** that, knowledge, baby, reference, small goblin, power

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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, knowledge, Passamaquoddy friend, you), 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:pg78673:1:95
# text = I regret that, though I had certainly acquired some knowledge of “Indian,” it was, as a Passamaquoddy friend one day amiably observed, “only baby Injun now grow bigger some day like Miʿkumwess s’posin’ you want to,” in reference to a small goblin who is believed to have the power of increasing his stature at will.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	regret	regret	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	Passamaquoddy	Passamaquoddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
24	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
25	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl:unmarked	_	_
26	amiably	amiably	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	observed	observe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
29	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	only	only	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
32	Injun	Injun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
33	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	34	advmod	_	_
34	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
35	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	34	xcomp	_	_
36	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	37	det	_	_
37	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl:unmarked	_	_
38	like	like	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	Miʿkumwess	Miʿkumwess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
40	s’posin	s'posin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	40	punct	_	_
42	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	34	punct	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
53	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	55	nsubj:pass	_	_
54	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	55	aux:pass	_	_
55	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	acl:relcl	_	_
56	to	to	PART	TO	_	57	mark	_	_
57	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	xcomp	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
60	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
61	increasing	increase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	59	acl	_	_
62	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	stature	stature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	_
64	at	at	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regret** | present | I | that |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
| 2 | **acquire** | past · perfect | I | some knowledge of Indian |  |  |  | certainly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | knowledge |  |  |  |  | as a Passamaquoddy friend | tree rules |
| 4 | **observe** | past | a Passamaquoddy friend *not said here* |  |  |  | day | amiably *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | a Passamaquoddy friend *not said here* | baby |  | reference to a small goblin | now; day | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in reference=Location |
| 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | like Miʿkumwess s’posin | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 7 | **believe** | present · passive |  | a small goblin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | the power |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |
| 9 | **increase** | future | the power *not said here* | friend's stature |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer stature=Patient |

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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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