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title: I cannot see a meaning in the word _Wabanaki_, “land of the dawn or… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: I cannot see a meaning in the word _Wabanaki_, “land of the dawn or east,” which points to any period further back than the time of these peoples’ first tribal centralization on the present eastern coast of North America. Who acts: I, peoples. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin p
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 87

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I cannot see a meaning in the word \_Wabanaki\_, “land of the dawn or east,” which points to any period further back than the time of these peoples’ first tribal centralization on the present eastern coast of North America.

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**Who acts:** I, peoples · **What happens:** not see, point, centralize · **To what, where:** meaning, word, period, present eastern coast

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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 (I, peoples), 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:pg78673:3:87
# text = I cannot see a meaning in the word _Wabanaki_, “land of the dawn or east,” which points to any period further back than the time of these peoples’ first tribal centralization on the present eastern coast of North America.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Wabanaki	Wabanaki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
23	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	points	point	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	27	det	_	_
27	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	further	further	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	back	back	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
30	than	than	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
34	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	35	det	_	_
35	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	’	's	PART	POS	_	35	case	_	_
37	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	39	amod	_	_
38	tribal	tribal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	centralization	centralization	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
40	on	on	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
42	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
43	eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	_
47	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | I | a meaning |  | the word |  | Wabanaki *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus |
| 2 | **point** | present |  |  | any period | the present eastern coast of North America | time | which *nsubj* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to period=Recipient |
| 3 | **centralize** |  | this peoples |  |  |  |  |  | nom centralization «act 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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