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title: We present these selections from the still vast storehouse of Wabana… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: We present these selections from the still vast storehouse of Wabanaki lore, not to prove any preconceived theory as to their origin, or as to the origin of the eastern coast tribes themselves. Who acts: We. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 3, with its dep
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 84

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We present these selections from the still vast storehouse of Wabanaki lore, not to prove any preconceived theory as to their origin, or as to the origin of the eastern coast tribes themselves.

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**Who acts:** We · **What happens:** present, not prove, preconceive · **To what, where:** selections, vast storehouse, preconceived theory

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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 (We), 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:pg78673:3:84
# text = We present these selections from the still vast storehouse of Wabanaki lore, not to prove any preconceived theory as to their origin, or as to the origin of the eastern coast tribes themselves.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	present	present	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	selections	selection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	storehouse	storehouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Wabanaki	Wabanaki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
17	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	det	_	_
18	preconceived	preconceive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	theory	theory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	23	case	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	fixed	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
26	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	29	case	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	fixed	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
32	eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
33	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
35	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	34	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	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 | **present** | present | We | this selections |  | the vast storehouse of Wabanaki lore |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent selection=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **prove** | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | any preconceived theory |  |  |  | as selections's origin; as the origin of the eastern coast tribes  selections | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent theory=Theme as origin=Attribute |
| 3 | **preconceive** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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