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title: _Lappilatwan_ properly means a tree-fungus, but the word is applied… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: _Lappilatwan_ properly means a tree-fungus, but the word is applied to this bird because it sits in the branches without moving. Who acts: Lappilatwan, word. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 21, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 21, sentence 149

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\_Lappilatwan\_ properly means a tree-fungus, but the word is applied to this bird because it sits in the branches without moving.

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**Who acts:** Lappilatwan, word · **What happens:** mean, apply, sit, move · **To what, where:** tree fungus, word, branches

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lappilatwan, word), 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:pg78673:21:151
# text = _Lappilatwan_ properly means a tree-fungus, but the word is applied to this bird because it sits in the branches without moving.
1	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Lappilatwan	Lappilatwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	_
4	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	fungus	fungus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
25	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
26	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Lappilatwan | a tree fungus |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fungus=Topic |
| 2 | **apply** | present · passive |  | the word |  |  |  | to this bird | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **sit** | present | word |  |  | the branches |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in branch=Location |
| 4 | **move** | gerund | word *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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