Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 21

It is evident that most of the Delawares of Indian Territory use the Unami-Unalachtigo, since Chief Montour, of Hagersville, Ont., writes that, when he visited the Cherokee settlement of his race some years ago, he could only understand with difficulty the speech of his congeners resident there.

Who acts: letter, most Delawares, Moraviantown · What happens: be, use, write, visit, understand, race · To what, where: Unami Unalachtigo, that, Cherokee settlement, difficulty, congeners resident · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (letter, most Delawares, Moraviantown), 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	3 evident	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 evident	cop
3	evident	evident	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 use	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 Delawares	amod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Delawares	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Delawares	det
8	Delawares	delaware	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 use	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Territory	case
10	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Territory	amod
11	Territory	Territory	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Delawares	nmod
12	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 evident	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Unalachtigo	det
14	Unami	Unami	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Unalachtigo	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 Unami	punct
16	Unalachtigo	Unalachtigo	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 use	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 Montour	punct
18	since	since	ADP	_	20 Montour	case
19	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Montour	compound
20	Montour	Montour	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 use	parataxis
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 Hagersville	punct
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 Hagersville	case
23	Hagersville	Hagersville	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Montour	appos
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 Ont	punct
25	Ont	Ont	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Hagersville	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 evident	punct
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 writes	punct
28	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 evident	conj
29	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	28 writes	obj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 visited	punct
31	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	33 visited	advmod
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 visited	nsubj
33	visited	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 evident	advcl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 settlement	det
35	Cherokee	Cherokee	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 settlement	compound
36	settlement	settlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 visited	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 race	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 race	nmod:poss
39	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 settlement	nmod
40	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	41 years	det
41	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 ago	obl:unmarked
42	ago	ago	ADV	_	33 visited	advmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 understand	punct
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 understand	nsubj
45	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 understand	aux
46	only	only	ADV	_	47 understand	advmod
47	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 evident	parataxis
48	with	with	ADP	_	49 difficulty	case
49	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 understand	obj
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 speech	det
51	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 difficulty	obj
52	of	of	ADP	_	55 resident	case
53	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 resident	nmod:poss
54	congeners	congener	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 resident	compound
55	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 speech	nmod
56	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	55 resident	advmod
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 evident	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	letter		evident property	tree rules
2	use	present	the most Delawares of Indian Territory	the Unami Unalachtigo	Chief Montour parataxis	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unalachtigo=Patient
3	write	present	letter not said here	that		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
4	visit	past	Moraviantown	the Cherokee settlement of Moraviantown's race	ago property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent settlement=Co-Agent
5	understand	could	Moraviantown	difficulty the speech of Moraviantown's congeners resident		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer difficulty=Stimulus
6	race		Moraviantown			nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent
7	speak			Moraviantown's congeners resident		nom speech «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 3, sentence 21