Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 22

It should be noted that the Algonkin languages, like all American idioms, are polysynthetic, i.e., either by means of prefixes and suffixes which were themselves separate words, or, by combining the radicals with other radicals, they build up words and often sentences from original radicals which, in all probability, were primitively monosyllabic.

Who acts: Algonkin languages, prefixes, languages, original radicals · What happens: note, be, mean, combine, build up · To what, where: work, separate words, radicals, words, original radicals, probability

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 (Algonkin languages, prefixes, languages, original radicals), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 noted	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 noted	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 noted	aux:pass
4	noted	note	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 polysynthetic	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 languages	det
7	Algonkin	Algonkin	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 languages	compound
8	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 polysynthetic	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 idioms	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 idioms	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 idioms	det
12	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 idioms	amod
13	idioms	idiom	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 languages	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 languages	punct
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 polysynthetic	cop
16	polysynthetic	polysynthetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 noted	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 i.e.	punct
18	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	_	16 polysynthetic	dep
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 means	punct
20	either	either	CCONJ	_	22 means	cc:preconj
21	by	by	ADP	_	22 means	case
22	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 noted	parataxis
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 prefixes	case
24	prefixes	prefix	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 means	obl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 suffixes	cc
26	suffixes	suffix	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 prefixes	conj
27	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 words	nsubj
28	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 words	cop
29	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	28 were	obj
30	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 words	amod
31	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 prefixes	acl:relcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 combining	punct
33	or	or	CCONJ	_	36 combining	cc
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 or	punct
35	by	by	SCONJ	_	36 combining	mark
36	combining	combine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 noted	advcl
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 radicals	det
38	radicals	radical	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 combining	obj
39	with	with	ADP	_	41 radicals	case
40	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 radicals	amod
41	radicals	radical	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 combining	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 build	punct
43	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 build	nsubj
44	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 noted	conj
45	up	up	ADP	_	44 build	compound:prt
46	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 build	obj
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 sentences	cc
48	often	often	ADV	_	49 sentences	advmod
49	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 words	conj
50	from	from	ADP	_	52 radicals	case
51	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 radicals	amod
52	radicals	radical	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 words	nmod
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 monosyllabic	nsubj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 which	punct
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 probability	case
56	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	57 probability	det
57	probability	probability	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 monosyllabic	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 probability	punct
59	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 monosyllabic	cop
60	primitively	primitively	ADV	_	61 monosyllabic	advmod
61	monosyllabic	monosyllabic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 radicals	acl:relcl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 noted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	note	should · passive		work			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	is	present	the Algonkin languages and all American idioms			polysynthetic property	tree rules
3	mean	present				of prefixes and suffixes	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	prefixes and suffixes	separate words			tree rules
5	combine	gerund		the radicals		with other radicals	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent radical=Patient with radical=Co-Patient
6	build up	present	languages = language	words and sentences	original radicals		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Patient word=Extent from radical=Initial_State
7	is	past	original radicals		all probability	monosyllabic, primitively property	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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Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 2, sentence 22