--- title: The A. word is _segoñgw_, “skunk,” from a cognitive of which, viz.,… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: The A. word is _segoñgw_, “skunk,” from a cognitive of which, viz., Ojibwe, [_=ž_]_ikág_, is derived the English “skunk,” and the city-name “Chicago,” “place of skunks”! Who acts: A. word. 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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 (A. word), 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:pg78673:21:52 # text = The A. word is _segoñgw_, “skunk,” from a cognitive of which, viz., Ojibwe, [_=ž_]_ikág_, is derived the English “skunk,” and the city-name “Chicago,” “place of skunks”! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 A. A. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 segoñgw segoñgw NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 skunk skunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cognitive cognitive NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 viz viz NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Ojibwe Ojibwe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 = = SYM SYM _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ž ž NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ikág ikág NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 skunk skunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Chicago Chicago PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ 51 “ " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 parataxis _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 skunks skunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the A. word | segoñgw and skunk and Ojibwe | | | | skunk *conj*; a cognitive and viz of a cognitive and viz of a cognitive *parataxis*; Ojibwe *conj*; ž *appos*; ikág *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **derive** | present · passive | | segoñgw and skunk and Ojibwe | | | | the English skunk and the city name place of skunks *obj* | tree rules | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/21/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/21/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/21/)