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title: [70] According to Indian tradition, six Iroquoian tribes united in a… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics
description: [70] According to Indian tradition, six Iroquoian tribes united in a confederation in the interests of peace. A sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 21, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 21, sentence 32

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\[70\] According to Indian tradition, six Iroquoian tribes united in a confederation in the interests of peace.

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**What happens:** accord, unite, interest · **To what, where:** six Iroquoian tribes, confederation, 70, peace

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This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg78673:21:33
# text = [70] According to Indian tradition, six Iroquoian tribes united in a confederation in the interests of peace.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	70	70	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	Iroquoian	iroquoian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
12	united	unite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	confederation	confederation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	interests	interest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **unite** | participle |  | six Iroquoian tribes *not said here* |  | a confederation |  | in the interests of peace | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **interest** |  |  | peace |  |  |  |  | nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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