--- title: The soft fur robes, the skins of two great bears, blankets in plenty… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: The soft fur robes, the skins of two great bears, blankets in plenty were put in their proper places; a jar of reindeer meat, a string of smoked herring, food for many days, were stowed beneath the seat; everything was done to speed the traveller on his way. 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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: 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:pg66819:20:142 # text = The soft fur robes, the skins of two great bears, blankets in plenty were put in their proper places; a jar of reindeer meat, a string of smoked herring, food for many days, were stowed beneath the seat; everything was done to speed the traveller on his way. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 blankets blanket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 smoked smoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 herring herring NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 stowed stow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 42 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 46 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 speed speed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · passive | | the soft fur robes and the skins of two great bears in plenty and blankets | | robes's proper places | day | a jar of reindeer meat and a string of smoked herring and food *parataxis* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in place=Destination | | 2 | **smoke** | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stow** | past · passive | | | | the seat | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: beneath seat=Destination | | 4 | **do** | past · passive | | everything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **speed** | to-infinitive | | the traveller | | sledge's way | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent traveller=Theme on way=Trajectory | 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 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/141/) - next →: [sentence 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/143/) - ↑ back to [The Unexpected Journey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/)