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title: In this connection, however, it is interesting to note that, in a le… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: In this connection, however, it is interesting to note that, in a letter to Dr. Brinton, dated Moraviantown, 1884, Chief Gottlieb Tobias states that three aged persons were then living who could still talk the other dialect. Who acts: Moraviantown, Tobias states. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, 
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 20

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In this connection, however, it is interesting to note that, in a letter to Dr. Brinton, dated Moraviantown, 1884, Chief Gottlieb Tobias states that three aged persons were then living who could still talk the other dialect.

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**Who acts:** Moraviantown, Tobias states · **What happens:** be, note, date, state, live, talk · **To what, where:** connection, that, letter, other dialect

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Moraviantown, Tobias states), 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:pg78673:3:20
# text = In this connection, however, it is interesting to note that, in a letter to Dr. Brinton, dated Moraviantown, 1884, Chief Gottlieb Tobias states that three aged persons were then living who could still talk the other dialect.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	connection	connection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	however	however	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	expl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	note	note	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	csubj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:desc	_	_
19	Brinton	Brinton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	dated	date	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
22	Moraviantown	Moraviantown	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	1884	1884	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
27	Gottlieb	Gottlieb	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	Tobias	Tobias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
31	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	33	nummod	_	_
32	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
34	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	36	advmod	_	_
36	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	acl	_	_
37	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	40	nsubj	_	_
38	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
39	still	still	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
40	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	parataxis	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | this connection |  | however, interesting *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **note** | to-infinitive |  | that |  | a letter to Brinton  Dr. |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
| 3 | **date** | participle |  | a letter to Brinton  Dr. *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **state** *speech: other* |  | Moraviantown and Chief |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **live** | past · progressive | Tobias states |  |  |  | then | three aged persons *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **talk** | could |  | the other dialect |  |  | still | who *nsubj* | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent dialect=Patient |

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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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