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The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, Mistress and Minstrel, sentence 55

She carried the stranger into the house; she placed him by the warm fire; she bathed his limbs, his face, his head in tepid water and wrapped him up in soft skins of the reindeer.

Who acts: face · What happens: carry, place, bath, wrap up · To what, where: stranger, house, cock, limbs, tepid water, soft skins

This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, Mistress and Minstrel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (face), 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

nsubjdetobjcasedetoblpunctnsubjconjobjcasedetamodoblpunctnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjpunctnmod:possoblpunctnmod:possconjcaseamodoblccconjobjcompound:prtcaseamodoblcasedetnmodpunctrootShePRONcarriedVERBtheDETstrangerNOUNintoADPtheDEThouseNOUN;PUNCTshePRONplacedVERBhimPRONbyADPtheDETwarmADJfireNOUN;PUNCTshePRONbathedVERBhisPRONlimbsNOUN,PUNCThisPRONfaceNOUN,PUNCThisPRONheadNOUNinADPtepidADJwaterNOUNandCCONJwrappedVERBhimPRONupADPinADPsoftADJskinsNOUNofADPtheDETreindeerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 carriednsubj
2carriedcarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 strangerdet
4strangerstrangerNOUNNumber=Sing2 carriedobj
5intointoADP_7 housecase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 housedet
7househouseNOUNNumber=Sing2 carriedobl
8;;PUNCT_10 placedpunct
9sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 placednsubj
10placedplaceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 carriedconj
11himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 placedobj
12bybyADP_15 firecase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 firedet
14warmwarmADJDegree=Pos15 fireamod
15firefireNOUNNumber=Sing10 placedobl
16;;PUNCT_18 bathedpunct
17sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 bathednsubj
18bathedbathVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 carriedparataxis
19hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 limbsnmod:poss
20limbslimbNOUNNumber=Plur18 bathedobj
21,,PUNCT_23 facepunct
22hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 facenmod:poss
23facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing18 bathedobl
24,,PUNCT_26 headpunct
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 headnmod:poss
26headheadNOUNNumber=Sing23 faceconj
27ininADP_29 watercase
28tepidtepidADJDegree=Pos29 wateramod
29waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing18 bathedobl
30andandCCONJ_31 wrappedcc
31wrappedwrapVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 bathedconj
32himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 wrappedobj
33upupADP_31 wrappedcompound:prt
34ininADP_36 skinscase
35softsoftADJDegree=Pos36 skinsamod
36skinsskinNOUNNumber=Plur31 wrappedobl
37ofofADP_39 reindeercase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 reindeerdet
39reindeerreindeerNOUNNumber=Sing36 skinsnmod
40..PUNCT_2 carriedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1carrypastfacethe strangerthe housevn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Theme
2placepastfacecockby the warm firevn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme by fire=Destination
3bathpastfacecock's limbstepid watercock's face and cock's head obltree rules
4wrap uppastface not said herecocksoft skins of the reindeervn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in skin=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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