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title: The members of one tribe alone could not elect their own chief; acco… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: The members of one tribe alone could not elect their own chief; according to the common laws of the allied nations, he had to be chosen by a general wigwam. Who acts: members, CHIEF. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 20, with its dependency tree and the pra
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 33

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The members of one tribe alone could not elect their own chief; according to the common laws of the allied nations, he had to be chosen by a general wigwam.

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**Who acts:** members, CHIEF · **What happens:** not elect, accord, ally, have, choose · **To what, where:** own chief

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (members, CHIEF), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78673:20:33
# text = The members of one tribe alone could not elect their own chief; according to the common laws of the allied nations, he had to be chosen by a general wigwam.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	elect	elect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
14	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	case	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	allied	ally	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
22	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	xcomp	_	_
29	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **elect** | could | the members of one tribe | members's own chief |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Theme |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ally** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conspire-71 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **have** | past | CHIEF |  |  |  |  | accord the common laws of the allied nations | tree rules |
| 5 | **choose** | to-infinitive · passive | CHIEF *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by a general wigwam | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |

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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.

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**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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