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title: It is evident that most of the Delawares of Indian Territory use the… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: It is evident that most of the Delawares of Indian Territory use the Unami-Unalachtigo, since Chief Montour, of Hagersville, Ont., writes that, when he visited the Cherokee settlement of his race some years ago, he could only understand with difficulty the speech of his congeners resident there. Who
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 21

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It is evident that most of the Delawares of Indian Territory use the Unami-Unalachtigo, since Chief Montour, of Hagersville, Ont., writes that, when he visited the Cherokee settlement of his race some years ago, he could only understand with difficulty the speech of his congeners resident there.

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**Who acts:** letter, most Delawares, Moraviantown · **What happens:** be, use, write, visit, understand, race · **To what, where:** Unami Unalachtigo, that, Cherokee settlement, difficulty, congeners resident · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (letter, most Delawares, Moraviantown), 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:pg78673:3:21
# text = It is evident that most of the Delawares of Indian Territory use the Unami-Unalachtigo, since Chief Montour, of Hagersville, Ont., writes that, when he visited the Cherokee settlement of his race some years ago, he could only understand with difficulty the speech of his congeners resident there.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	evident	evident	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Delawares	delaware	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Territory	Territory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	Unami	Unami	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Unalachtigo	Unalachtigo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	since	since	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Montour	Montour	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Hagersville	Hagersville	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	Ont	Ont	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
29	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	33	advmod	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	visited	visit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	Cherokee	Cherokee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	settlement	settlement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
40	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	41	det	_	_
41	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl:unmarked	_	_
42	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
45	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
46	only	only	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
48	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
54	congeners	congener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	compound	_	_
55	resident	resident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
56	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	55	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | letter |  |  |  |  | evident *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | present | the most Delawares of Indian Territory | the Unami Unalachtigo |  |  |  | Chief Montour *parataxis* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unalachtigo=Patient |
| 3 | **write** | present | letter *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 4 | **visit** | past | Moraviantown | the Cherokee settlement of Moraviantown's race |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent settlement=Co-Agent |
| 5 | **understand** | could | Moraviantown | difficulty  the speech of Moraviantown's congeners resident |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer difficulty=Stimulus |
| 6 | **race** |  | Moraviantown |  |  |  |  |  | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **speak** |  |  | Moraviantown's congeners resident |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: of=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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