Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 79
The reason for this discrepancy lies in the fact that some of the Passamaquoddy and Micmac tales were related by Penobscots, who frequently inadvertently used their own forms.
Who acts: reason, Penobscots · What happens: lie, relate, use, form · To what, where: fact, some, Penobscots
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 (reason, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 reason | det |
| 2 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lies | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 discrepancy | case |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 discrepancy | det |
| 5 | discrepancy | discrepancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reason | nmod |
| 6 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 fact | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fact | det |
| 9 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lies | obl |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 related | mark |
| 11 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 19 related | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 tales | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 tales | det |
| 14 | Passamaquoddy | Passamaquoddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 tales | compound |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 Micmac | cc |
| 16 | Micmac | Micmac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Passamaquoddy | conj |
| 17 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 some | nmod |
| 18 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 related | aux:pass |
| 19 | related | relate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 fact | acl |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 Penobscots | case |
| 21 | Penobscots | penobscot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 related | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 used | punct |
| 23 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 used | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 26 used | advmod |
| 25 | inadvertently | inadvertently | ADV | _ | 26 used | advmod |
| 26 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 Penobscots | acl:relcl |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 forms | nmod:poss |
| 28 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 forms | amod |
| 29 | forms | form | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 used | obj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lies | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | the reason for this discrepancy | the fact | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in fact=Location | ||||
| 2 | relate | past · passive | Penobscots | some of the Passamaquoddy tales | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | use | participle · passive | Penobscots | Penobscots's own forms obj; frequently, inadvertently property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | form | Penobscots = penobscot | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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