The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Wedding Feast, sentence 106
“As a minstrel and a singer He would with this household linger, Give the bride a ring of gold, A dress of silk, and wealth untold; And to the bridegroom, he would give More skill than to all smiths that live.
Who acts: you, Creator, smiths · What happens: give, live · To what, where: ring, bride, More skill, bridegroom
This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Wedding Feast. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Creator, smiths), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Give | punct |
| 2 | As | as | ADP | _ | 4 minstrel | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 minstrel | det |
| 4 | minstrel | minstrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Give | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 singer | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 singer | det |
| 7 | singer | singer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 minstrel | conj |
| 8 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 would | nsubj |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 minstrel | acl:relcl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 linger | case |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 linger | det |
| 12 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 linger | compound |
| 13 | linger | linger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 minstrel | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 minstrel | punct |
| 15 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 bride | det |
| 17 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Give | obj |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 ring | det |
| 19 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Give | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 gold | case |
| 21 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ring | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 dress | punct |
| 23 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 dress | det |
| 24 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ring | conj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 silk | case |
| 26 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 dress | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 untold | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 untold | cc |
| 29 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 untold | obl:unmarked |
| 30 | untold | untold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Give | conj |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 give | punct |
| 32 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 give | cc |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 bridegroom | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 bridegroom | det |
| 35 | bridegroom | bridegroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 give | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 bridegroom | punct |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 give | nsubj |
| 38 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 give | aux |
| 39 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 Give | conj |
| 40 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 41 skill | amod |
| 41 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 give | obj |
| 42 | than | than | ADP | _ | 45 smiths | case |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 smiths | case |
| 44 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 smiths | det |
| 45 | smiths | smith | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 skill | nmod |
| 46 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 live | nsubj |
| 47 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 smiths | acl:relcl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 Give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | imperative | you not said here | a ring of gold and a dress of silk | the bride | as a minstrel with this household linger and a singer | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent bride=Recipient ring=Theme | ||
| 2 | give in a quote | would | Creator | More skill | the bridegroom | than all smiths | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent skill=Theme to bridegroom=Recipient | ||
| 3 | live in a quote | present | all smiths | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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