--- title: One day when all the people Were packing to travel away To another p… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: One day when all the people Were packing to travel away To another place for summer, Pûjinskwes asked the chief To go with him (or _her_, As you may choose to take it), Adown to the water side To seek for the eggs of the gull. Who acts: people, Pûjinskwes, chief, you. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, Pûjinskwes, chief, you), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78673:12:49 # text = One day when all the people Were packing to travel away To another place for summer, Pûjinskwes asked the chief To go with him (or _her_, As you may choose to take it), Adown to the water side To seek for the eggs of the gull. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 packing pack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 To to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 18 Pûjinskwes Pûjinskwes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 To to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 As as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Adown Adown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 46 To to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 gull gull NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pack** | past · progressive | all people | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **travel away** | to-infinitive | all people *not said here* | | | another place | summer | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to place=Destination | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Pûjinskwes | the chief | | | day | to the water side; Adown *obl* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the chief *not said here* | death | | | | with Pûjinskwes | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **choose** | may | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | chief | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **seek** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for the eggs of the gull | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for egg=Theme | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/12/)