--- title: If there was no objection to him, a new flag-pole was made and prepa… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: If there was no objection to him, a new flag-pole was made and prepared for raising, and a chief from one of the kindred tribes put a medal of wampum on the chief-elect, who was always clothed in new garments. Who acts: objection, chief. 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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 (objection, 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:pg78673:20:95 # text = If there was no objection to him, a new flag-pole was made and prepared for raising, and a chief from one of the kindred tribes put a medal of wampum on the chief-elect, who was always clothed in new garments. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 objection objection NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 raising raising NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 kindred kindred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 30 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 medal medal NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 wampum wampum NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 elect elect NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 43 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 44 advmod _ _ 44 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | no objection to CHIEF | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past · passive | no objection to CHIEF *not said here* | a new flag pole | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **prepare** | participle | no objection to CHIEF *not said here* | | | | | for raising | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for raising=Beneficiary | | 4 | **put** | past | a chief | a medal of wampum | | the chief elect | | from one; of the kindred tribes | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent medal=Theme on elect=Destination | | 5 | **clothe** | past · passive | | the chief elect | | new garments | | always *property* | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/)