--- title: After the tribal officers had been appointed, the greatest festiviti… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: After the tribal officers had been appointed, the greatest festivities were carried on; during the day they had canoe races, foot races and ball-playing, and during the night, feasting and dancing. Who acts: festivities. 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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 (festivities), 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:pg78673:20:109 # text = After the tribal officers had been appointed, the greatest festivities were carried on; during the day they had canoe races, foot races and ball-playing, and during the night, feasting and dancing. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 tribal tribal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 festivities festivity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 14 on on ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 during during ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 during during ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 feasting feasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appoint** | past · perfect · passive | | the tribal officers | | | night | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **carry on** | past · passive | | the greatest festivities | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | festivities *= festivity* | canoe races and foot races | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Patient | | 4 | **play** | gerund | festivities *= festivity* *not said here* | | | | | ball *compound* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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. - ← previous: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/)