Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 33

The members of one tribe alone could not elect their own chief; according to the common laws of the allied nations, he had to be chosen by a general wigwam.

Who acts: members, CHIEF · What happens: not elect, accord, ally, have, choose · To what, where: own chief

This is a sentence of «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (members, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 members	det
2	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 elect	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tribe	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 tribe	nummod
5	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 members	nmod
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 tribe	advmod
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 elect	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 elect	advmod
9	elect	elect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 chief	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 chief	amod
12	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 elect	obj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 had	punct
14	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 laws	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	14 according	fixed
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 laws	det
17	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 laws	amod
18	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 had	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 nations	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 nations	det
21	allied	ally	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 nations	amod
22	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 laws	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 laws	punct
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 had	nsubj
25	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 elect	parataxis
26	to	to	PART	_	28 chosen	mark
27	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	28 chosen	aux:pass
28	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 had	xcomp
29	by	by	ADP	_	32 wigwam	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 wigwam	det
31	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 wigwam	amod
32	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 chosen	obl
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 elect	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not elect	could	the members of one tribe	members's own chief		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Theme
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	ally	participle				vn conspire-71 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	have	past	CHIEF		accord the common laws of the allied nations	tree rules
5	choose	to-infinitive · passive	CHIEF not said here		by a general wigwam	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»

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.

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🌲 Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 33

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Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems, Opening, part 20, sentence 33