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title: The Indian headings to the stories are nearly all in Passamaquoddy b… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: The Indian headings to the stories are nearly all in Passamaquoddy because the _raconteurs_ generally began in this dialect, even when they broke into Micmac or Penobscot in continuing the tale in question. Who acts: Indian headings, _ raconteurs, headings. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and ot
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 82

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The Indian headings to the stories are nearly all in Passamaquoddy because the \_raconteurs\_ generally began in this dialect, even when they broke into Micmac or Penobscot in continuing the tale in question.

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**Who acts:** Indian headings, \_ raconteurs, headings · **What happens:** be, begin, break, continue · **To what, where:** \_ raconteurs, dialect, Micmac, tale, question

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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 (Indian headings, \_ raconteurs, headings), 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:pg78673:3:82
# text = The Indian headings to the stories are nearly all in Passamaquoddy because the _raconteurs_ generally began in this dialect, even when they broke into Micmac or Penobscot in continuing the tale in question.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	headings	heading	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
8	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Passamaquoddy	Passamaquoddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	_	_	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	raconteurs	raconteur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	18	punct	_	_
17	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	even	even	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
24	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	_
25	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
27	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Micmac	Micmac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
29	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	Penobscot	Penobscot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
31	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
32	continuing	continue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	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 | **is a** | present | the Indian headings to the stories | the \_ raconteurs |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the \_ raconteurs *not said here* |  |  | this dialect |  | generally *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **break** | past | headings *= heading* |  |  |  |  | into Micmac or Penobscot *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into micmac=Result |
| 4 | **continue** | gerund | headings *= heading* *not said here* | the tale |  | question |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tale=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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