Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 91

After I had published my Legends, however, I was made aware by Louis Mitchell, a Passamaquoddy Indian, who had been in the Legislature of Maine, and had collected and written out for me, with strictest literalness, a great number of manuscripts, that there were in existence certain narratives and poems quite different in kind from anything which I possessed.

Who acts: I, Louis, existence certain narratives · What happens: publish, make, be, collect, write out, possess · To what, where: Legends, I, Legislature

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 (I, Louis, existence certain narratives), 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	After	after	SCONJ	_	4 published	mark
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 published	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 published	aux
4	published	publish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 made	advcl
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 Legends	nmod:poss
6	Legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 published	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 however	punct
8	however	however	ADV	_	4 published	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 published	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 made	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 made	xcomp
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 Louis	case
15	Louis	Louis	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl
16	Mitchell	Mitchell	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Louis	flat
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 Indian	punct
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 Indian	det
19	Passamaquoddy	Passamaquoddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Indian	compound
20	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Louis	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 Legislature	punct
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 Legislature	nsubj
23	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 Legislature	aux
24	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	27 Legislature	cop
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 Legislature	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Legislature	det
27	Legislature	legislature	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Louis	appos
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 Maine	case
29	Maine	Maine	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 Legislature	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 collected	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 collected	cc
32	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 collected	aux
33	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 made	parataxis
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 written	cc
35	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	33 collected	conj
36	out	out	ADP	_	35 written	compound:prt
37	for	for	ADP	_	38 me	case
38	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 written	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 literalness	punct
40	with	with	ADP	_	42 literalness	case
41	strictest	strict	ADJ	Degree=Sup	42 literalness	amod
42	literalness	literalness	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 collected	parataxis
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 number	punct
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 number	det
45	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 number	amod
46	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 literalness	conj
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 manuscripts	case
48	manuscripts	manuscript	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 number	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 were	punct
50	that	that	SCONJ	_	52 were	mark
51	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	52 were	expl
52	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 collected	conj
53	in	in	ADP	_	56 narratives	case
54	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 narratives	compound
55	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 narratives	amod
56	narratives	narrative	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 were	nsubj
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 poems	cc
58	poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 narratives	conj
59	quite	quite	ADV	_	60 different	advmod
60	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 poems	amod
61	in	in	ADP	_	62 kind	case
62	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 different	obl
63	from	from	ADP	_	64 anything	case
64	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	60 different	obl
65	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 possessed	obj
66	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 possessed	nsubj
67	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 anything	acl:relcl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	publish	past · perfect	I	my Legends		however property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legend=Result
2	make	past · passive	Louis	I		aware property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product
3	is	past · perfect	Louis		the Legislature	of Maine	tree rules
4	collect	past · perfect				strictest literalness and a great number of manuscripts parataxis	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	write out	participle				for me	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	be	past	existence certain narratives and poems		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	possess	past	I			which obj	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot which=Theme

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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Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 1, sentence 91