--- title: “Why will you choose to go with that penniless fellow—to bake his ba… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “Why will you choose to go with that penniless fellow—to bake his barley-cakes, to wash his grimy clothes, to wipe the sweat from his sooty face, to sweep his kitchen floor, to keep his tumble-down hut in order?” Who acts: you. 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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 (you), 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:pg66819:23:46 # text = “Why will you choose to go with that penniless fellow—to bake his barley-cakes, to wash his grimy clothes, to wipe the sweat from his sooty face, to sweep his kitchen floor, to keep his tumble-down hut in order?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 10 penniless penniless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 — - PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 bake bake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 grimy grimy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 wipe wipe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sweat sweat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sooty sooty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 sweep sweep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 44 tumble tumble NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 down down NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with that penniless fellow | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with fellow=Beneficiary | | 3 | **bake** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | man's barley cakes | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product | | 4 | **wash** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | man's grimy clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 5 | **wipe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the sweat | | man's sooty face | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent sweat=Theme from face=Trajectory | | 6 | **sweep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | man's kitchen floor | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory | | 7 | **keep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | man's down hut | | order | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hut=Theme in order=Location | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/47/) - ↑ back to [The Old Man’s Wooing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/)