--- title: He looked again, and saw the Maid of Beauty among them; she was wavi… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: He looked again, and saw the Maid of Beauty among them; she was waving her hand, and her face seemed to him tenfold more beautiful than before; her cheeks were wet with tears, and there was a look of great regret in her wonderful eyes. Who acts: Ilmarinen, Beauty, face, cheeks. 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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 (Ilmarinen, Beauty, face, cheeks), 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:pg66819:12:103 # text = He looked again, and saw the Maid of Beauty among them; she was waving her hand, and her face seemed to him tenfold more beautiful than before; her cheeks were wet with tears, and there was a look of great regret in her wonderful eyes. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Maid Maid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Beauty Beauty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 among among ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 tenfold tenfold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 28 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 than than ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 before before ADV RB _ 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 41 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 regret regret NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Ilmarinen | | | | again | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | Ilmarinen *not said here* | the Maid of Beauty | | | | among maids *= maid* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maid=Stimulus | | 3 | **wave** | past · progressive | Beauty | Beauty's hand | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 4 | **seem** | past | Beauty's face | | Ilmarinen | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **tenfold** | infinitive | Beauty's face *not said here* | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Beauty's cheeks | | | | | with tears; wet *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | past | a look of great regret in Beauty's wonderful eyes | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «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. - ← previous: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/12/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/12/104/) - ↑ back to [The Homesick Hero](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/12/)