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title: It would be hardly permissible to draw a parallel between the ancien… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: It would be hardly permissible to draw a parallel between the ancient Norsemen and the northern Indians on this account, as the case Leland cites is that of a conjurer who disappeared into the ground head downwards, when he was stabbed at by a foe. Who acts: It, case, that, conjurer. A sentence of «
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 51

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It would be hardly permissible to draw a parallel between the ancient Norsemen and the northern Indians on this account, as the case Leland cites is that of a conjurer who disappeared into the ground head downwards, when he was stabbed at by a foe.

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**Who acts:** It, case, that, conjurer, foe · **What happens:** be, draw, cite, disappear, stab · **To what, where:** parallel, account, ground head, case

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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 (It, case, that, conjurer), 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:pg78673:3:51
# text = It would be hardly permissible to draw a parallel between the ancient Norsemen and the northern Indians on this account, as the case Leland cites is that of a conjurer who disappeared into the ground head downwards, when he was stabbed at by a foe.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parallel	parallel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Norsemen	Norseman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
25	Leland	Leland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	_
26	cites	cite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	advcl	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
28	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	nsubj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	conjurer	conjurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
32	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	_	_
33	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
34	into	into	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
37	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
38	downwards	downwards	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	43	advmod	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
42	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux:pass	_	_
43	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	acl	_	_
44	at	at	ADP	IN	_	43	obl	_	_
45	by	by	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	foe	foe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | It |  |  |  |  | hardly, permissible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** | to-infinitive |  | a parallel |  | this account |  | between the ancient Norsemen and the northern Indians | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent parallel=Theme on account=Destination |
| 3 | **cite** | present | the case |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | of a conjurer | tree rules |
| 5 | **disappear** | past | a conjurer |  |  | the ground head |  | downwards *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **stab** | past · passive | a foe | case |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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