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title: Michihant, “devil” (P.); a combination of _michi_, “bad” = A. _maji_… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Michihant, “devil” (P.); a combination of _michi_, “bad” = A. _maji_ + _hant_, the same stem seen in A. _Madahoñdo_, “demon.” Who acts: _. 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 177

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Michihant, “devil” (P.); a combination of \_michi\_, “bad” = A. \_maji\_ + \_hant\_, the same stem seen in A. \_Madahoñdo\_, “demon.”

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**Who acts:** \_ · **What happens:** hant, see · **To what, where:** same stem, A., Michihant

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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 (\_), 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:pg78673:21:179
# text = Michihant, “devil” (P.); a combination of _michi_, “bad” = A. _maji_ + _hant_, the same stem seen in A. _Madahoñdo_, “demon.”
1	Michihant	Michihant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	P.	P.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	combination	combination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	michi	michi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	21	punct	_	_
21	A.	A.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
22	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	maji	maji	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	_
25	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	26	cc	_	_
26	_	_	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	hant	hant	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
33	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	acl	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	A.	A.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
36	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	Madahoñdo	Madahoñdo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	41	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hant** | present | \_ |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | participle |  | the same stem *not said here* |  | A. |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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