--- title: The main duties of a chief were to act as arbiter in all matters of… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: The main duties of a chief were to act as arbiter in all matters of dispute, and to act as commander-in-chief in case of war, being ready to sacrifice himself for the people’s good if need were. Who acts: main duties, dispute. 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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 (main duties, dispute), 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:pg78673:20:98 # text = The main duties of a chief were to act as arbiter in all matters of dispute, and to act as commander-in-chief in case of war, being ready to sacrifice himself for the people’s good if need were. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 duties duty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 arbiter arbiter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 dispute dispute NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 act act VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 cop _ _ 33 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 sacrifice sacrifice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obl _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | past | the main duties of a chief | | | all matters of dispute | | as arbiter | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as arbiter=Attribute | | 2 | **act** | to-infinitive | | | | | | as chief commander in case of war | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as chief=Attribute | | 3 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **sacrifice** | to-infinitive | | CHIEF | | | | for the people's good | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **need** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **matter** | | dispute | | | | | | nom matter «cognition 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/96/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/20/)