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title: Their language differs so greatly from the dialects of the Penobscot… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Their language differs so greatly from the dialects of the Penobscots, Abenakis, and Passamaquoddies that the members of these clans always use English or French when communicating with their Micmac neighbors, while an intelligent Passamaquoddy can without difficulty understand a Penobscot or Abenak
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 4

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Their language differs so greatly from the dialects of the Penobscots, Abenakis, and Passamaquoddies that the members of these clans always use English or French when communicating with their Micmac neighbors, while an intelligent Passamaquoddy can without difficulty understand a Penobscot or Abenaki, if the dialect is pronounced slowly.

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**Who acts:** language, members, intelligent Passamaquoddy · **What happens:** differ, use, communicate, understand, pronounce · **To what, where:** Passamaquoddies, Penobscot, 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 (language, members, intelligent Passamaquoddy), 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:pg78673:3:4
# text = Their language differs so greatly from the dialects of the Penobscots, Abenakis, and Passamaquoddies that the members of these clans always use English or French when communicating with their Micmac neighbors, while an intelligent Passamaquoddy can without difficulty understand a Penobscot or Abenaki, if the dialect is pronounced slowly.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	differs	differ	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dialects	dialect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Penobscots	Penobscot	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	Abenakis	Abenaki	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	Passamaquoddies	passamaquoddy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	appos	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	clans	clan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
23	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	24	advmod	_	_
24	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
25	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
28	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	29	advmod	_	_
29	communicating	communicate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	advcl	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
32	Micmac	Micmac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	neighbors	neighbor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
35	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
36	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	intelligent	intelligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	Passamaquoddy	Passamaquoddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
39	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	without	without	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	_
42	understand	understand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	Penobscot	Penobscot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
45	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	Abenaki	Abenaki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
48	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj:pass	_	_
51	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux:pass	_	_
52	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	conj	_	_
53	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **differ** | present | Micmacs's language |  |  |  |  | from the dialects of the Penobscots and Abenakis; greatly *property* | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from dialect=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **use** | present | the members of this clans | Passamaquoddies |  |  |  | English or French *obj*; always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **communicate** | gerund | the members of this clans *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Micmacs's Micmac neighbors | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with neighbor=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **understand** | present | a intelligent Passamaquoddy | a Penobscot or Abenaki |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer penobscot=Stimulus |
| 5 | **pronounce** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | the dialect |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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