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title: The object of the federation was to abolish war altogether (see Brin… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: The object of the federation was to abolish war altogether (see Brinton, “The American Race,” pp. Who acts: object. 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 35

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The object of the federation was to abolish war altogether (see Brinton, “The American Race,” pp.

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**Who acts:** object · **What happens:** be, see · **To what, where:** Brinton pp

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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 (object), 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:pg78673:21:36
# text = The object of the federation was to abolish war altogether (see Brinton, “The American Race,” pp.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	federation	federation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	abolish	abolish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	Brinton	Brinton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	Race	Race	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
21	pp	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the object of the federation |  |  |  |  | war *obj*; abolish, altogether *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | the object of the federation *not said here* | Brinton pp |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer page=Stimulus |

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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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