--- title: A general council was accordingly called, by which it was decided th… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: A general council was accordingly called, by which it was decided that ‘as long as the sun rises and sets, as long as the great lakes send their waters to the sea, so long should peace reign over the two tribes.’ Who acts: sun, great lakes. 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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 (sun, great lakes), 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:pg78673:2:71 # text = A general council was accordingly called, by which it was decided that ‘as long as the sun rises and sets, as long as the great lakes send their waters to the sea, so long should peace reign over the two tribes.’ 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 decided decide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 as as ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 reign reign NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past · passive | | a general council | | | | peace reign over the two tribes *obl*; accordingly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **decide** | past · passive | | council | | | | which *obl*; long *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **rise** | present | the sun | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **set** | present | the sun *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **send** | present | the great lakes | lakes's waters | | the sea | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme to sea=Destination | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/2/)