--- title: His hands were incased in reindeer gloves of wondrous warmth and bea… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: His hands were incased in reindeer gloves of wondrous warmth and beauty; and on his head was the finest cap that had ever been seen—a cap which his father and grandfather had worn in their youth when they went wooing. Who acts: father. 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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 (father), 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:pg66819:20:121 # text = His hands were incased in reindeer gloves of wondrous warmth and beauty; and on his head was the finest cap that had ever been seen—a cap which his father and grandfather had worn in their youth when they went wooing. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 incased incas VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 wondrous wondrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 warmth warmth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 26 advmod _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 — - PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 43 wooing woo VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **incas** | past · passive | | Smith's hands | | reindeer gloves of wondrous warmth and beauty | | a cap *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the finest cap | | Smith's head | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | the finest cap | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **wear** | past · perfect | Smith's father and grandfather | a cap | | father's youth | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent which=Source | | 5 | **go** | past | father | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **woo** | gerund | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/122/) - ↑ back to [The Unexpected Journey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/)