Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 139
The traditions and, to some extent, the languages and histories of the aboriginal tribes are quite as worthy of being taught at our universities to all who propose to become American scholars as many other branches which are endowed at great expense, and are a great source of pride.
Who acts: traditions, universities · What happens: be, teach, propose, become, endow · To what, where: universities, American scholars, many other branches, great expense, great source
This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (traditions, universities), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 traditions | det |
| 2 | traditions | tradition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 worthy | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 extent | cc |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 extent | punct |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 extent | case |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 extent | det |
| 7 | extent | extent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 traditions | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 languages | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 languages | det |
| 10 | languages | language | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 traditions | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 histories | cc |
| 12 | histories | history | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 traditions | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 tribes | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 tribes | det |
| 15 | aboriginal | aboriginal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 tribes | amod |
| 16 | tribes | tribe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 histories | nmod |
| 17 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 worthy | cop |
| 18 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 20 worthy | advmod |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 worthy | case |
| 20 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 21 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 23 taught | mark |
| 22 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 taught | aux:pass |
| 23 | taught | teach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 worthy | advcl |
| 24 | at | at | ADP | _ | 26 universities | case |
| 25 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 universities | nmod:poss |
| 26 | universities | university | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 taught | obl |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 all | case |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 universities | nmod |
| 29 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 propose | nsubj |
| 30 | propose | propose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 universities | acl:relcl |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 become | mark |
| 32 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 propose | xcomp |
| 33 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 scholars | amod |
| 34 | scholars | scholar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 become | xcomp |
| 35 | as | as | ADV | _ | 36 many | advmod |
| 36 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 branches | amod |
| 37 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 branches | amod |
| 38 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 scholars | appos |
| 39 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 endowed | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 endowed | aux:pass |
| 41 | endowed | endow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 branches | acl:relcl |
| 42 | at | at | ADP | _ | 44 expense | case |
| 43 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 expense | amod |
| 44 | expense | expense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 endowed | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 source | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 source | cc |
| 47 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 source | cop |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 source | det |
| 49 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 source | amod |
| 50 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 worthy | conj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 pride | case |
| 52 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 source | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 worthy | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the traditions and some extent and the languages and histories of the aboriginal tribes | worthy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | teach speech: other | gerund · passive | the traditions and some extent and the languages and histories of the aboriginal tribes not said here | our universities to all | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | ||||
| 3 | propose | present | our universities to all | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | become | to-infinitive | our universities to all not said here | American scholars | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | endow | present · passive | many other branches | great expense | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | the traditions and some extent and the languages and histories of the aboriginal tribes not said here | a great source | of pride | tree rules |
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.
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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