--- title: This explains such expressions as “marriage wampum” or “burial wampu… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: This explains such expressions as “marriage wampum” or “burial wampum,” which are common among the Passamaquoddies, and simply mean combinations of wampum which suggested to the initiated interpreter the ritual of the tribal marriage and burial ceremonies. Who acts: This, burial wampum, wampum. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, burial wampum, wampum), 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:pg78673:2:91 # text = This explains such expressions as “marriage wampum” or “burial wampum,” which are common among the Passamaquoddies, and simply mean combinations of wampum which suggested to the initiated interpreter the ritual of the tribal marriage and burial ceremonies. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 explains explain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 expressions expression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 wampum wampum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 burial burial NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 wampum wampum NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ _ 19 among among ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Passamaquoddies passamaquoddy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 simply simply ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 combinations combination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 wampum wampum NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 suggested suggest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 initiated initiate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 interpreter interpreter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 ritual ritual NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 tribal tribal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 burial burial NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 ceremonies ceremony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | This | such expressions | | | | as marriage wampum or burial wampum | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | burial wampum | | | | | among the Passamaquoddies; common *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | | combinations of wampum | | | | simply *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent combination=Topic | | 4 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | past | wampum | | the initiated interpreter | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to interpreter=Recipient | | 5 | **initiate** | participle | | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/)