--- title: When the tribe had congregated there, the strangers were sent for, w… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: When the tribe had congregated there, the strangers were sent for, who, producing their strings of wampum to be read according to the law of the big wigwam, announced the death of the chief of their tribe, “their eldest boy” (_kʾchi wʾskinosismowal_), and asked that the tribe should aid them to elec --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/43/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kulóskap the master, and other Algonki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/) / [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/) / 43 # Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 43 When the tribe had congregated there, the strangers were sent for, who, producing their strings of wampum to be read according to the law of the big wigwam, announced the death of the chief of their tribe, “their eldest boy” (\_kʾchi wʾskinosismowal\_), and asked that the tribe should aid them to elect a new chief. **Who acts:** tribe, chief · **What happens:** congregate, send, produce, read, accord, announce · **To what, where:** tribe, strangers, strings, death, new chief · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (tribe, chief), 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:pg78673:20:43 # text = When the tribe had congregated there, the strangers were sent for, who, producing their strings of wampum to be read according to the law of the big wigwam, announced the death of the chief of their tribe, “their eldest boy” (_kʾchi wʾskinosismowal_), and asked that the tribe should aid them to elect a new chief. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 congregated congregate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 producing produce VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 wampum wampum NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 24 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 case _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 announced announce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 amod _ _ 46 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ 48 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 kʾchi kʾchi NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 wʾskinosismowal wʾskinosismowal NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 60 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 aid aid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 ccomp _ _ 62 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 elect elect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **congregate** | past · perfect · passive | | the tribe | | there | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **send** | past · passive | | the strangers | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **produce** | gerund | | strangers's strings of wampum | | | | accord the law of the big wigwam; who *nsubj* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Result | | 4 | **read** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | | the death of the chief of strangers's tribe | | | | strangers's eldest boy *parataxis* | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **aid** | should | the tribe | strangers *= stranger* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 9 | **elect** | to-infinitive | the tribe *not said here* | a new chief | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Theme | | 10 | **die** | | the chief of strangers's tribe | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/)