The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Unfinished Boat, sentence 35
If she would listen to him and accept the high place of honor which he had once before offered her—if she would consent to be the mistress of his kitchen, to bake his honey cakes and sing at his table, well and good; the fame of Wainamoinen, prince of minstrels, would be carried to the ends of the earth.
Who acts: Maid, high place · What happens: listen, accept, offer, consent, be, bake · To what, where: maiden, high place, Maid, mistress, honey cakes, table
This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Unfinished Boat. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Maid, high place), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 listen | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 listen | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 listen | aux |
| 4 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 listen | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 accept | cc |
| 8 | accept | accept | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 listen | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 place | det |
| 10 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 place | amod |
| 11 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 accept | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 honor | case |
| 13 | honor | honor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 place | nmod |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 offered | nsubj |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 offered | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 offered | aux |
| 17 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 18 before | advmod |
| 18 | before | before | ADV | _ | 19 offered | advmod |
| 19 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 place | acl:relcl |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 offered | iobj |
| 21 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 consent | punct |
| 22 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 25 consent | mark |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 consent | nsubj |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 consent | aux |
| 25 | consent | consent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 listen | conj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 mistress | mark |
| 27 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 mistress | cop |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 mistress | det |
| 29 | mistress | mistress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 consent | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 kitchen | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 kitchen | nmod:poss |
| 32 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 mistress | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 bake | punct |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 bake | mark |
| 35 | bake | bake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 consent | conj |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 cakes | nmod:poss |
| 37 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 cakes | compound |
| 38 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 bake | obj |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 sing | cc |
| 40 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 bake | conj |
| 41 | at | at | ADP | _ | 43 table | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 table | nmod:poss |
| 43 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 sing | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 well | punct |
| 45 | well | well | INTJ | _ | 25 consent | discourse |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 good | cc |
| 47 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 well | conj |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 fame | punct |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 fame | det |
| 50 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 listen | parataxis |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 Wainamoinen | case |
| 52 | Wainamoinen | Wainamoinen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 fame | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 prince | punct |
| 54 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 fame | appos |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 minstrels | case |
| 56 | minstrels | minstrel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 prince | nmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 carried | punct |
| 58 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 carried | aux |
| 59 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 60 carried | aux:pass |
| 60 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 fame | acl |
| 61 | to | to | ADP | _ | 63 ends | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 ends | det |
| 63 | ends | end | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 carried | obl |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 earth | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 earth | det |
| 66 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 ends | nmod |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 listen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | would | Maid | maiden | the fame of Wainamoinen parataxis | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | |||
| 2 | accept | infinitive | Maid not said here | the high place of honor | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | ||||
| 3 | offer | past | the high place of honor | Maid | maiden nsubj; before property | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||
| 4 | consent a condition, not said to happen | would | Maid | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is a | to-infinitive | the mistress | of maiden's kitchen | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | bake | to-infinitive | Maid not said here | maiden's honey cakes | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product | ||||
| 7 | sing speech: express | present | Maid not said here | maiden's table | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at table=Location | ||||
| 8 | carry | would · passive | the fame of Wainamoinen not said here | to the ends of the earth | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to end=Destination |
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: «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 66819 (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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