--- title: So the next day the Master, Taking a bunch of _wâbab_, That is, of t… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: So the next day the Master, Taking a bunch of _wâbab_, That is, of the finest wampum, Went to the chief of the Piktook Proposing that his uncle Should marry the youngest daughter. Who acts: Master, That, uncle. 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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 (Master, That, uncle), 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:pg78673:8:59 # text = So the next day the Master, Taking a bunch of _wâbab_, That is, of the finest wampum, Went to the chief of the Piktook Proposing that his uncle Should marry the youngest daughter. 1 So so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bunch bunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 wâbab wâbab NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 22 amod _ _ 22 wampum wampum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 24 Went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Piktook Piktook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 Proposing propose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 Should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | the Master *not said here* | a bunch of wâbab | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bunch=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | That | | | | | of the finest wampum | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | | | | the chief of the Piktook | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to chief=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **propose** | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **marry** | should | chief's uncle | the youngest daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/8/)