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title: The reason for this discrepancy lies in the fact that some of the Pa… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: The reason for this discrepancy lies in the fact that some of the Passamaquoddy and Micmac tales were related by Penobscots, who frequently inadvertently used their own forms. Who acts: reason, Penobscots. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 3, with its depen
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 79

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The reason for this discrepancy lies in the fact that some of the Passamaquoddy and Micmac tales were related by Penobscots, who frequently inadvertently used their own forms.

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**Who acts:** reason, Penobscots · **What happens:** lie, relate, use, form · **To what, where:** fact, some, Penobscots

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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 (reason, Penobscots), 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:pg78673:3:79
# text = The reason for this discrepancy lies in the fact that some of the Passamaquoddy and Micmac tales were related by Penobscots, who frequently inadvertently used their own forms.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	discrepancy	discrepancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	Passamaquoddy	Passamaquoddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	Micmac	Micmac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
18	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	related	relate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Penobscots	penobscot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
25	inadvertently	inadvertently	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl:relcl	_	_
27	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
28	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | the reason for this discrepancy |  |  | the fact |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in fact=Location |
| 2 | **relate** | past · passive | Penobscots | some of the Passamaquoddy tales |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | participle · passive |  | Penobscots |  |  |  | Penobscots's own forms *obj*; frequently, inadvertently *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **form** |  | Penobscots *= penobscot* |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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