--- title: The girl’s father then notified his relations and friends, and if th… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: The girl’s father then notified his relations and friends, and if there was no objection, he ordered his daughter to seat herself on the skin, as a sign that the young man’s suit was acceptable. Who acts: father, objection, suit. 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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 (father, objection, suit), 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:pg78673:20:128 # text = The girl’s father then notified his relations and friends, and if there was no objection, he ordered his daughter to seat herself on the skin, as a sign that the young man’s suit was acceptable. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 notified notify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 relations relation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 15 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 objection objection NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 xcomp _ _ 25 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 nmod:unmarked _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 acceptable acceptable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notify** *speech: other* | past | the girl's father | father's relations and friends | | | then | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent relation=Recipient | | 2 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | no objection | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **order** | past | father | seat objection on the skin | father's daughter | | | a sign *parataxis* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the young man's suit | a sign *not said here* | | | | acceptable *property* | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/126/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/)