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title: If she would listen to him and accept the high place of honor which… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics
description: If she would listen to him and accept the high place of honor which he had once before offered her—if she would consent to be the mistress of his kitchen, to bake his honey cakes and sing at his table, well and good; the fame of Wainamoinen, prince of minstrels, would be carried to the ends of the e
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# The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Unfinished Boat, sentence 35

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If she would listen to him and accept the high place of honor which he had once before offered her—if she would consent to be the mistress of his kitchen, to bake his honey cakes and sing at his table, well and good; the fame of Wainamoinen, prince of minstrels, would be carried to the ends of the earth.

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**Who acts:** Maid, high place · **What happens:** listen, accept, offer, consent, be, bake · **To what, where:** maiden, high place, Maid, mistress, honey cakes, table

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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 (Maid, high place), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66819:13:35
# text = If she would listen to him and accept the high place of honor which he had once before offered her—if she would consent to be the mistress of his kitchen, to bake his honey cakes and sing at his table, well and good; the fame of Wainamoinen, prince of minstrels, would be carried to the ends of the earth.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	honor	honor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	18	advmod	_	_
18	before	before	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	consent	consent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	cop	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	mistress	mistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	bake	bake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	conj	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
37	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
41	at	at	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	25	discourse	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Wainamoinen	Wainamoinen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
54	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	minstrels	minstrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
59	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	aux:pass	_	_
60	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	acl	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obl	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | would | Maid |  | maiden |  |  | the fame of Wainamoinen *parataxis* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme |
| 2 | **accept** | infinitive | Maid *not said here* | the high place of honor |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
| 3 | **offer** | past | the high place of honor |  | Maid |  |  | maiden *nsubj*; before *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 4 | **consent** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | Maid |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | the mistress |  |  |  | of maiden's kitchen | tree rules |
| 6 | **bake** | to-infinitive | Maid *not said here* | maiden's honey cakes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product |
| 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Maid *not said here* |  |  | maiden's table |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at table=Location |
| 8 | **carry** | would · passive |  | the fame of Wainamoinen *not said here* |  |  | to the ends of the earth |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to end=Destination |

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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.

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**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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