--- title: The consonants are equivalent to the same consonants in English, exc… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: The consonants are equivalent to the same consonants in English, except that _ñ_ represents the French nasal _n_ in _mon_, and the final combination _kw_ or final _q_ must be uttered as a _k_ followed by _w_ accompanied by a gentle indeterminate short vowel. Who acts: consonants, ñ _. 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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 (consonants, ñ \_), 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:pg78673:3:75 # text = The consonants are equivalent to the same consonants in English, except that _ñ_ represents the French nasal _n_ in _mon_, and the final combination _kw_ or final _q_ must be uttered as a _k_ followed by _w_ accompanied by a gentle indeterminate short vowel. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 consonants consonant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 equivalent equivalent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 consonants consonant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 except except ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obl _ _ 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ñ ñ NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 represents represent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 nasal nasal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ _ 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n n X GW _ 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 mon mon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 combination combination NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 kw kw NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 q Q NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 k k NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ _ 49 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 parataxis _ _ 50 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 w w PROPN GW Typo=Yes 49 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 53 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 52 punct _ _ 54 accompanied accompany VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 57 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 58 indeterminate indeterminate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 59 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 vowel vowel NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the consonants | | | | | to the same consonants in English; the final combination and kw *parataxis*; equivalent *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **represent** | present | ñ \_ | | | | | except that | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **be** | | the consonants *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **utter** *speech: other* | must · passive | | q | | | | as a k | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S» | | 5 | **follow** | participle | | | | | | w *obl:agent* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **accompany** | participle | | w *not said here* | | | | by a gentle indeterminate short vowel | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by vowel=Destination | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/3/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/3/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/3/)