--- title: [10] It is well known that the Abenakis of Canada are the direct des… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: [10] It is well known that the Abenakis of Canada are the direct descendants (of course with some admixture of French and other blood) of the majority of the savages who escaped from the great battle of the Kennebec in Maine, where the English commander Bradford overthrew their tribe on December 3, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/106/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/) / 106 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 106 \[10\] It is well known that the Abenakis of Canada are the direct descendants (of course with some admixture of French and other blood) of the majority of the savages who escaped from the great battle of the Kennebec in Maine, where the English commander Bradford overthrew their tribe on December 3, 1679. **Who acts:** Abenakis, savages, English commander · **What happens:** know, be, escape, overthrow, admix, battle · **To what, where:** examination, direct descendants, great battle, tribe, 3, French This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Abenakis, savages, English commander), 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:pg78673:2:106 # text = [10] It is well known that the Abenakis of Canada are the direct descendants (of course with some admixture of French and other blood) of the majority of the savages who escaped from the great battle of the Kennebec in Maine, where the English commander Bradford overthrew their tribe on December 3, 1679. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Abenakis Abenaki PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 direct direct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 descendants descendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 17 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 fixed _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 admixture admixture NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 majority majority NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 savages savage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Kennebec Kennebec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Maine Maine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 52 advmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 Bradford Bradford PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 52 overthrew overthrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 53 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 December December PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod:unmarked _ _ 57 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 59 1679 1679 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 57 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present · passive | | examination | | | | 10 *parataxis*; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | present | the Abenakis of Canada | the direct descendants | | | | of the majority of the savages; some admixture of French and other blood *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **escape** | past | the savages | | | the great battle of the Kennebec | | in Maine | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from battle=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **overthrow** | past | the English commander | Abenakis's tribe | | 3 December | | | tree rules | | 5 | **admix** | | | French | | | | | nom admixture «state transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **battle** | | | the Kennebec | | | | | nom battle «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/)