--- title: Alsigontegw = _Arsikantekw_ is composed of the elements _arsi_, “emp… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Alsigontegw = _Arsikantekw_ is composed of the elements _arsi_, “empty”; _kan_, an infix which signifies “cabin”; and the suffix -_tekw_, which always means “river”; cf. Who acts: infix, suffix tekw. 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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 (infix, suffix tekw), 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:pg78673:21:59 # text = Alsigontegw = _Arsikantekw_ is composed of the elements _arsi_, “empty”; _kan_, an infix which signifies “cabin”; and the suffix -_tekw_, which always means “river”; cf. 1 Alsigontegw Alsigontegw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 = = X GW _ 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Arsikantekw Arsikantekw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 elements element NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 arsi arsi X FW Foreign=Yes 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 kan kan X FW Foreign=Yes 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 infix infix NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 signifies signify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 cabin cabin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 suffix suffix NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 tekw tekw NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 41 advmod _ _ 41 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 cf cf NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compose** | present · passive | | Alsigontegw | | | | of the elements; suffix tekw and cf *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **signify** | present | a infix | cabin | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cabin=Theme | | 3 | **mean** | present | suffix tekw and cf | river | | | | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Topic | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/21/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/21/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/21/)