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title: Yet it was not because this man, Whose name in Micmac is Mikchik And… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: Yet it was not because this man, Whose name in Micmac is Mikchik And in our Passamaquoddy Chikwenóchk “the Turtle,” Was great or well favored or rich; He was truly none of these, Being very poor and lazy, No longer young or lively, Nor in any way clever or wise. Who acts: life, Mikchik, Master, man.
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 8, sentence 39

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Yet it was not because this man, Whose name in Micmac is Mikchik And in our Passamaquoddy Chikwenóchk “the Turtle,” Was great or well favored or rich; He was truly none of these, Being very poor and lazy, No longer young or lively, Nor in any way clever or wise.

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**Who acts:** life, Mikchik, Master, man · **What happens:** not be, be, favor, name · **To what, where:** Mikchik, none, Micmac

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (life, Mikchik, Master, man), 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:pg78673:8:39
# text = Yet it was not because this man, Whose name in Micmac is Mikchik And in our Passamaquoddy Chikwenóchk “the Turtle,” Was great or well favored or rich; He was truly none of these, Being very poor and lazy, No longer young or lively, Nor in any way clever or wise.
1	Yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	Whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Micmac	Micmac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	Mikchik	Mikchik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
15	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	Passamaquoddy	Passamaquoddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Chikwenóchk	Chikwenóchk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
20	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
25	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	29	advmod	_	_
29	favored	favor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	conj	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
33	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
35	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	26	conj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	42	cop	_	_
41	very	very	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	parataxis	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	No	no	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	48	advmod	_	_
48	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	conj	_	_
49	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
52	Nor	Nor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	55	det	_	_
55	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	appos	_	_
56	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	xcomp	_	_
57	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past | life | Mikchik and our Passamaquoddy Chikwenóchk and the Turtle |  |  |  | this man *nsubj*; our Passamaquoddy Chikwenóchk and the Turtle *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Mikchik and our Passamaquoddy Chikwenóchk and the Turtle |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **favor** | participle | Mikchik and our Passamaquoddy Chikwenóchk and the Turtle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is a** | past | Master | none |  |  |  | of these; Nor *conj*; truly *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **name** |  | this man |  |  | Micmac |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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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