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title: On the other hand, the Algonkin languages, by reason of their very p… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: On the other hand, the Algonkin languages, by reason of their very power to form these long idea-words, are admirably adapted for narration and song, however poor a medium they might be for modern business. Who acts: these, languages. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Op
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 28

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On the other hand, the Algonkin languages, by reason of their very power to form these long idea-words, are admirably adapted for narration and song, however poor a medium they might be for modern business.

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**Who acts:** these, languages · **What happens:** form, word, adapt, be · **To what, where:** Algonkin languages, other hand, medium

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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 (these, languages), 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:pg78673:2:28
# text = On the other hand, the Algonkin languages, by reason of their very power to form these long idea-words, are admirably adapted for narration and song, however poor a medium they might be for modern business.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
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	26	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	very	very	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	form	form	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
18	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	22	nsubj	_	_
19	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
20	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
24	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
25	admirably	admirably	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	adapted	adapt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	narration	narration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	however	however	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	conj	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	medium	medium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
36	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
37	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
38	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	cop	_	_
39	for	for	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **word** |  | these |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **adapt** | present · passive |  | the Algonkin languages and reason of languages's power |  | the other hand |  | for narration and song; admirably *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | might | languages *= language* | a medium *not said here* |  |  |  | for modern business | 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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