Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 3, sentence 84

We present these selections from the still vast storehouse of Wabanaki lore, not to prove any preconceived theory as to their origin, or as to the origin of the eastern coast tribes themselves.

Who acts: We · What happens: present, not prove, preconceive · To what, where: selections, vast storehouse, preconceived theory

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 (We), 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	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 present	nsubj
2	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 selections	det
4	selections	selection	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 present	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 storehouse	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 storehouse	det
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 vast	advmod
8	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 storehouse	amod
9	storehouse	storehouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 present	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 lore	case
11	Wabanaki	Wabanaki	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 lore	compound
12	lore	lore	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 storehouse	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 prove	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 prove	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 prove	mark
16	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 present	conj
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	19 theory	det
18	preconceived	preconceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 theory	amod
19	theory	theory	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prove	obj
20	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	23 origin	case
21	to	to	ADP	_	20 as	fixed
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 origin	nmod:poss
23	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prove	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 origin	punct
25	or	or	CCONJ	_	29 origin	cc
26	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	29 origin	case
27	to	to	ADP	_	26 as	fixed
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 origin	det
29	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prove	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	34 tribes	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 tribes	det
32	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 tribes	amod
33	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 tribes	compound
34	tribes	tribe	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 origin	nmod
35	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	34 tribes	nmod:unmarked
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 present	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	present	present	We	this selections	the vast storehouse of Wabanaki lore		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent selection=Theme
2	not prove	to-infinitive	We not said here	any preconceived theory		as selections's origin; as the origin of the eastern coast tribes selections	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent theory=Theme as origin=Attribute
3	preconceive	participle					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 84