--- title: He has combined various parts, as pleased his fancy, into one comple… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: He has combined various parts, as pleased his fancy, into one complete harmonious fabric, and, while he has retained much of the original warp and woof, he has added various and many colorings and connecting threads of his own invention. Who acts: weaver. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (weaver), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66819:1:11 # text = He has combined various parts, as pleased his fancy, into one complete harmonious fabric, and, while he has retained much of the original warp and woof, he has added various and many colorings and connecting threads of his own invention. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 combined combine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 14 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 harmonious harmonious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 fabric fabric NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 retained retain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 24 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 warp warp NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 woof woof NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 35 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 colorings coloring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 connecting connect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 41 threads thread NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 invention invention NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **combine** | present · perfect | weaver | various parts | | | | as weaver's pleased fancy; one complete harmonious fabric *parataxis* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient | | 2 | **retain** | present · perfect | weaver | much of the original warp and woof | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | weaver | | | | | various *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **connect** | gerund | weaver *not said here* | threads of weaver's own invention | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Patient | | 5 | **fancy** | | weaver | | | | | | nom fancy «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **invent** | | weaver | | | | | | nom invention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/1/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/1/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/1/)