--- title: She carried the stranger into the house; she placed him by the warm… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: She carried the stranger into the house; she placed him by the warm fire; she bathed his limbs, his face, his head in tepid water and wrapped him up in soft skins of the reindeer. Who acts: face. 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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 (face), 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:pg66819:2:55 # text = She carried the stranger into the house; she placed him by the warm fire; she bathed his limbs, his face, his head in tepid water and wrapped him up in soft skins of the reindeer. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bathed bath VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 tepid tepid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | face | the stranger | | the house | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Theme | | 2 | **place** | past | face | cock | | | | by the warm fire | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme by fire=Destination | | 3 | **bath** | past | face | cock's limbs | | tepid water | | cock's face and cock's head *obl* | tree rules | | 4 | **wrap up** | past | face *not said here* | cock | | soft skins of the reindeer | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in skin=Destination | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/2/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/2/56/) - ↑ back to [Mistress and Minstrel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/2/)