--- title: I will fashion the pretty girdles for you, I will make the rings and… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: I will fashion the pretty girdles for you, I will make the rings and the earrings and the brooch and the comb, and I will bring them all to you before the sun goes down.” Who acts: I, sun. 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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 (I, sun), 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:pg66819:20:63 # text = I will fashion the pretty girdles for you, I will make the rings and the earrings and the brooch and the comb, and I will bring them all to you before the sun goes down.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fashion fashion VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 girdles girdle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 earrings earring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 brooch brooch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 nmod:unmarked _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 33 before before SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fashion** | future | I | the pretty girdles | | | | for you | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent girdle=Material for you=Beneficiary | | 2 | **make** | future | I | the rings and the earrings and the brooch and the comb | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Product | | 3 | **bring** | future | I | girdles *= girdle* | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to you=Destination | | 4 | **go down** | present | the sun | | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/64/) - ↑ back to [The Unexpected Journey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/)