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Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 109

There can be little doubt that the Indians now called Penobscots from their residence near the river of that name are the descendants of those of the early Abenakis who, instead of fleeing to French dominions, eventually submitted themselves to the victorious English.

Who acts: little doubt, Indians Penobscots · What happens: be, call, flee, submit · To what, where: Indians, descendants, French dominions, Abenakis, victorious English · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little doubt, Indians Penobscots), 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

explauxamodnsubjmarkdetcompoundadvmodaclnsubjcasenmod:possnmodcasedetnmodcasedetnmodcopdetnmodcasenmodcasedetamodnmodobjpunctmarkfixedaclcaseamodoblpunctadvmodconjobjcasedetamodoblpunctrootTherePRONcanAUXbeVERBlittleADJdoubtNOUNthatSCONJtheDETIndiansPROPNnowADVcalledVERBPenobscotsNOUNfromADPtheirPRONresidenceNOUNnearADPtheDETriverNOUNofADPthatDETnameNOUNareAUXtheDETdescendantsNOUNofADPthosePRONofADPtheDETearlyADJAbenakisPROPNwhoPRON,PUNCTinsteadADVofADPfleeingVERBtoADPFrenchADJdominionsNOUN,PUNCTeventuallyADVsubmittedVERBthemselvesPRONtoADPtheDETvictoriousADJEnglishPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem3 beexpl
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 beaux
3bebeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4littlelittleADJDegree=Pos5 doubtamod
5doubtdoubtNOUNNumber=Sing3 bensubj
6thatthatSCONJ_23 descendantsmark
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 Indiansdet
8IndiansIndianPROPNNumber=Plur11 Penobscotscompound
9nownowADVPronType=Dem10 calledadvmod
10calledcallVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 Indiansacl
11PenobscotspenobscotNOUNNumber=Plur23 descendantsnsubj
12fromfromADP_14 residencecase
13theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 residencenmod:poss
14residenceresidenceNOUNNumber=Sing11 Penobscotsnmod
15nearnearADP_17 rivercase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 riverdet
17riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing14 residencenmod
18ofofADP_20 namecase
19thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem20 namedet
20namenameNOUNNumber=Sing17 rivernmod
21arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 descendantscop
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 descendantsdet
23descendantsdescendantNOUNNumber=Plur5 doubtnmod
24ofofADP_25 thosecase
25thosethatPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem23 descendantsnmod
26ofofADP_29 Abenakiscase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 Abenakisdet
28earlyearlyADJDegree=Pos29 Abenakisamod
29AbenakisAbenakiPROPNNumber=Plur25 thosenmod
30whowhoPRONPronType=Rel25 thoseobj
31,,PUNCT_34 fleeingpunct
32insteadinsteadADVExtPos=SCONJ34 fleeingmark
33ofofADP_32 insteadfixed
34fleeingfleeVERBVerbForm=Ger25 thoseacl
35totoADP_37 dominionscase
36FrenchFrenchADJDegree=Pos37 dominionsamod
37dominionsdominionNOUNNumber=Plur34 fleeingobl
38,,PUNCT_40 submittedpunct
39eventuallyeventuallyADV_40 submittedadvmod
40submittedsubmitVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 fleeingconj
41themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes40 submittedobj
42totoADP_45 Englishcase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 Englishdet
44victoriousvictoriousADJDegree=Pos45 Englishamod
45EnglishEnglishPROPNNumber=Sing40 submittedobl
46..PUNCT_3 bepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cancanlittle doubttherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2callparticiplethe Indians not said herenowvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3is apresentIndians Penobscots from Penobscots's residence near the river of that namethe descendantsof those of the early Abenakis the descendantstree rules
4fleegerundFrench dominionsvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to dominion=Initial_Location
5submitpastAbenakis = abenakithe victorious Englisheventually propertyvn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme to english=Recipient

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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