The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Unfinished Boat, sentence 38

Through the power of magic he would subdue her; he would carry her aboard his vessel; he would bring her, willy nilly, to the Land of Heroes; she would have no choice but to be the queen of his dwelling in Wainola.

Who acts: maiden, Maid · What happens: subdue, carry, bring, willy, have, be · To what, where: Maid, power, choice, queen

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 (maiden, Maid), 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	Through	through	ADP	_	3 power	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 power	det
3	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 subdue	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 magic	case
5	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 power	nmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 subdue	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 subdue	aux
8	subdue	subdue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 subdue	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 carry	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 carry	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 carry	aux
13	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 subdue	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 carry	obj
15	aboard	aboard	ADP	_	17 vessel	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 vessel	nmod:poss
17	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 carry	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 bring	punct
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 bring	nsubj
20	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 bring	aux
21	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 subdue	conj
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 bring	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 willy	punct
24	willy	willy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 bring	conj
25	nilly	nilly	ADV	_	24 willy	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 Land	punct
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 Land	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Land	det
29	Land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 willy	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 Heroes	case
31	Heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 Land	nmod
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 have	punct
33	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 have	nsubj
34	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 have	aux
35	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 subdue	parataxis
36	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	37 choice	det
37	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 have	obj
38	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 queen	cc
39	to	to	PART	_	42 queen	mark
40	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	42 queen	cop
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 queen	det
42	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 have	conj
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 dwelling	case
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 dwelling	nmod:poss
45	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 queen	nmod
46	in	in	ADP	_	47 Wainola	case
47	Wainola	Wainola	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 dwelling	nmod
48	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 subdue	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	subdue	would	maiden	Maid		the power of magic		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	carry	would	maiden	Maid			aboard maiden's vessel	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	bring	would	maiden		Maid			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination
4	willy	infinitive	maiden not said here				to the Land of Heroes; nilly property	tree rules
5	have	would	Maid	no choice				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Patient
6	is a	to-infinitive	Maid not said here	the queen			of maiden's dwelling in Wainola	tree rules

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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The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Unfinished Boat, sentence 38