Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 44

In pre-Christian times the Passamaquoddies, like their other Algic kindred, were firm believers in the almost unlimited power of their _Mʾdeolinʾwuk_ or wizards, belief in the existence of many of whom still remains, subordinate, of course, to the Catholic doctrine, which nearly all the Indians profess--there being, I am informed, only three or four Protestant Passamaquoddy families.

Who acts: Indians, I · What happens: be, remain, subordinate, profess · To what, where: unlimited power, Catholic doctrine, three Protestant families

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 (Indians, I), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 times	case
2	pre-Christian	pre-christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 times	amod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 believers	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Passamaquoddies	det
5	Passamaquoddies	passamaquoddy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 times	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 times	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	15 believers	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 believers	nmod:poss
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 believers	amod
10	Algic	algic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 believers	amod
11	kindred	kindred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 believers	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kindred	punct
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 believers	cop
14	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 believers	amod
15	believers	believer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 power	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 power	det
18	almost	almost	ADV	_	19 unlimited	advmod
19	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 power	amod
20	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 believers	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 Mʾdeolinʾwuk	case
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 Mʾdeolinʾwuk	nmod:poss
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	24 Mʾdeolinʾwuk	punct
24	Mʾdeolinʾwuk	Mʾdeolinʾwuk	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 power	nmod
25	_	_	PUNCT	_	24 Mʾdeolinʾwuk	punct
26	or	or	CCONJ	_	27 wizards	cc
27	wizards	wizard	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 Mʾdeolinʾwuk	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 belief	punct
29	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 power	conj
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 existence	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 existence	det
32	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 belief	nmod
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 many	case
34	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 existence	amod
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 whom	case
36	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 remains	obl
37	still	still	ADV	_	38 remains	advmod
38	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 many	acl:relcl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 subordinate	punct
40	subordinate	subordinate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 remains	xcomp
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 of	punct
42	of	of	ADP	_	40 subordinate	obl
43	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 of	fixed
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 doctrine	punct
45	to	to	ADP	_	48 doctrine	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 doctrine	det
47	Catholic	catholic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 doctrine	amod
48	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 subordinate	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 profess	punct
50	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 profess	obj
51	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	52 all	advmod
52	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	55 profess	det:predet
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 Indians	det
54	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	55 profess	nsubj
55	profess	profess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 doctrine	acl:relcl
56	--	--	PUNCT	_	62 informed	punct
57	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	62 informed	expl
58	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	62 informed	cop
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 informed	punct
60	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 informed	nsubj
61	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 informed	cop
62	informed	informed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 subordinate	advcl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 three	punct
64	only	only	ADV	_	65 three	advmod
65	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	70 families	nummod
66	or	or	CCONJ	_	67 four	cc
67	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	65 three	conj
68	Protestant	Protestant	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 families	compound
69	Passamaquoddy	Passamaquoddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	68 Protestant	flat
70	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 informed	iobj
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 believers	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past				the unlimited power of Passamaquoddies's Mʾdeolinʾwuk or wizards and belief in the existence	time	like Passamaquoddies's other Algic kindred firm believers; Passamaquoddies = passamaquoddy nmod:poss	tree rules
2	remain	present					still	whom obl	tree rules
3	subordinate	infinitive						to the Catholic doctrine	tree rules
4	profess	present	the Indians	the Catholic doctrine					vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme
5	is	gerund	I		three Protestant families	there		informed 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 3, sentence 44