--- title: The stranger, who also was old and gray, answered, “My name is Waina… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: The stranger, who also was old and gray, answered, “My name is Wainamoinen, and all the world knows me; for I am the first of minstrels, the prince of wizards, the man whom other men delight to honor. Who acts: stranger, name, world, other men. 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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 (stranger, name, world, other men), 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:pg66819:2:60 # text = The stranger, who also was old and gray, answered, “My name is Wainamoinen, and all the world knows me; for I am the first of minstrels, the prince of wizards, the man whom other men delight to honor. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 also also ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 gray gray ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 Wainamoinen Wainamoinen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 first first NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 23 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 minstrels minstrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 wizards wizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 41 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 delight delight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 honor honor VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the stranger | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the stranger *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the stranger | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | My name | Wainamoinen | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | all world | the stranger *= stranger* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the stranger *= stranger* | | | | | for the first; of minstrels; the prince of wizards *appos*; the man *appos* | tree rules | | 7 | **delight** *in a quote* | present | other men | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **honor** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | other men *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **name** *in a quote* | | My | | | | | | nom name «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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/2/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/2/61/) - ↑ back to [Mistress and Minstrel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/2/)