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title: Among my varied and most valued small possessions is what was once,… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Among my varied and most valued small possessions is what was once, beyond doubt, the sketch book of Salvator Rosa himself, consisting of a number of blank leaves on one of which still remains an exquisite pen sketch of a head by Bronzino. Who acts: small possessions. A sentence of «Kulóskap the mas
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 96

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Among my varied and most valued small possessions is what was once, beyond doubt, the sketch book of Salvator Rosa himself, consisting of a number of blank leaves on one of which still remains an exquisite pen sketch of a head by Bronzino.

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**Who acts:** small possessions · **What happens:** value, be, consist, remain · **To what, where:** exquisite pen sketch

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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 (small possessions), 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:pg78673:1:97
# text = Among my varied and most valued small possessions is what was once, beyond doubt, the sketch book of Salvator Rosa himself, consisting of a number of blank leaves on one of which still remains an exquisite pen sketch of a head by Bronzino.
1	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	varied	varied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	valued	value	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	possessions	possession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	parataxis	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	sketch	sketch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	Salvator	Salvator	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	Rosa	Rosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	consisting	consist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	blank	blank	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	_
32	on	on	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	31	nmod	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	obl	_	_
36	still	still	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	acl:relcl	_	_
38	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
39	exquisite	exquisite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
40	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	sketch	sketch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
45	by	by	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Bronzino	Bronzino	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **value** | past |  |  |  |  |  | beyond doubt | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | small possessions |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | once *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **consist** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of a number of blank leaves on one | tree rules |
| 5 | **remain** | present |  | a exquisite pen sketch of a head |  |  | still | by Bronzino; which *obl* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sketch=Attribute |

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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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