--- title: He answered her gently, persuasively, and his words were full of gui… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: He answered her gently, persuasively, and his words were full of guile: “O wise and beautiful maid of the morning, I have been speaking to you in riddles, trusting that you would understand their secret meaning. Who acts: Wainamoinen, words, maiden. 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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 (Wainamoinen, words, maiden), 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:pg66819:19:92 # text = He answered her gently, persuasively, and his words were full of guile: “O wise and beautiful maid of the morning, I have been speaking to you in riddles, trusting that you would understand their secret meaning. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 gently gently ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 persuasively persuasively ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 guile guile NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 O o INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ _ 18 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 aux _ _ 29 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 riddles riddle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 trusting trust VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Wainamoinen | | maiden | | | gently, persuasively *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | Wainamoinen's words | | | | | of guile; full *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | Wainamoinen | | maiden | riddles | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent | | 4 | **trust** *in a quote* | gerund | Wainamoinen *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **understand** *in a quote* | would | maiden | words's secret meaning | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus | | 6 | **word** | | Wainamoinen | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **mean** *in a quote* | | words *= word* | | | | | | nom meaning «communication 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/93/) - ↑ back to [The Maid of the Morning](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/)