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title: It should be noted that the Algonkin languages, like all American id… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: It should be noted that the Algonkin languages, like all American idioms, are polysynthetic, i.e., either by means of prefixes and suffixes which were themselves separate words, or, by combining the radicals with other radicals, they build up words and often sentences from original radicals which, i
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 22

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It should be noted that the Algonkin languages, like all American idioms, are polysynthetic, i.e., either by means of prefixes and suffixes which were themselves separate words, or, by combining the radicals with other radicals, they build up words and often sentences from original radicals which, in all probability, were primitively monosyllabic.

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**Who acts:** Algonkin languages, prefixes, languages, original radicals · **What happens:** note, be, mean, combine, build up · **To what, where:** work, separate words, radicals, words, original radicals, probability

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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 (Algonkin languages, prefixes, languages, original radicals), 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:pg78673:2:22
# text = It should be noted that the Algonkin languages, like all American idioms, are polysynthetic, i.e., either by means of prefixes and suffixes which were themselves separate words, or, by combining the radicals with other radicals, they build up words and often sentences from original radicals which, in all probability, were primitively monosyllabic.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	noted	note	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Algonkin	Algonkin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	idioms	idiom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	polysynthetic	polysynthetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	FW	_	16	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc:preconj	_	_
21	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	prefixes	prefix	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	suffixes	suffix	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	_
27	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	31	nsubj	_	_
28	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
29	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	28	obj	_	_
30	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
35	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
36	combining	combine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	radicals	radical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obj	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	radicals	radical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
45	up	up	ADP	RP	_	44	compound:prt	_	_
46	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obj	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	often	often	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	conj	_	_
50	from	from	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	radicals	radical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nmod	_	_
53	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	61	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	57	det	_	_
57	probability	probability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
59	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	cop	_	_
60	primitively	primitively	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
61	monosyllabic	monosyllabic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **note** | should · passive |  | work |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Algonkin languages and all American idioms |  |  |  |  | polysynthetic *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of prefixes and suffixes | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | past | prefixes and suffixes | separate words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **combine** | gerund |  | the radicals |  |  |  | with other radicals | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent radical=Patient with radical=Co-Patient |
| 6 | **build up** | present | languages *= language* | words and sentences |  | original radicals |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: agent=Patient word=Extent from radical=Initial\_State |
| 7 | **is** | past | original radicals |  |  | all probability |  | monosyllabic, primitively *property* | 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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