--- title: When they reached home, however, and the embassies from the other _W… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: When they reached home, however, and the embassies from the other _Wabanaki_ tribes had also returned, the people of the bereaved tribe were summoned to assemble before the messengers, who informed them of the success of their mission. Who acts: hʾdimʾk, Wabanaki, messengers. 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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 (hʾdimʾk, Wabanaki, messengers), 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:pg78673:20:91 # text = When they reached home, however, and the embassies from the other _Wabanaki_ tribes had also returned, the people of the bereaved tribe were summoned to assemble before the messengers, who informed them of the success of their mission. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 embassies embassy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nmod _ _ 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Wabanaki Wabanaki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 16 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ _ 17 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 also also ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 bereaved bereaved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 summoned summon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 assemble assemble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 mission mission NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | hʾdimʾk | the embassies from the other | | | | home, however *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **return** | past · perfect · passive | Wabanaki *not said here* | tribes | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **summon** | past · passive | | Wabanaki | | | | the people of the bereaved tribe *nsubj* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **assemble** | to-infinitive | | | | | before the messengers | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the messengers | | hʾdimʾk | | | of the success of hʾdimʾk's mission | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient of success=Topic | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/89/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/)