--- title: “I told no one,” answered the Minstrel; “neither must you do so, Ann… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “I told no one,” answered the Minstrel; “neither must you do so, Anniki, for this is a secret voyage and if any person should learn why I have undertaken it, all will come to naught.” Who acts: Minstrel, neither, this, person. 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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 (Minstrel, neither, this, person), 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:pg66819:19:119 # text = “I told no one,” answered the Minstrel; “neither must you do so, Anniki, for this is a secret voyage and if any person should learn why I have undertaken it, all will come to naught.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Minstrel Minstrel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 neither neither NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Anniki Anniki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 33 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 undertaken undertake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Minstrel *= minstrel* | no one | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Minstrel | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | must | neither | | | | | Anniki *vocative*; you *nsubj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | for a secret voyage | tree rules | | 5 | **learn** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | any person | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **undertake** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Minstrel *= minstrel* | person | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | future | all | | | naught | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to naught=Initial\_Location | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/120/) - ↑ back to [The Maid of the Morning](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/)