--- title: He made his way quickly to Dame Louhi’s well-remembered dwelling; he… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: He made his way quickly to Dame Louhi’s well-remembered dwelling; he opened the door and entered; he stood beneath the smoky rafters and received the greetings of the grim and toothless Mistress. Who acts: Minstrel. 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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 (Minstrel), 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:pg66819:23:54 # text = He made his way quickly to Dame Louhi’s well-remembered dwelling; he opened the door and entered; he stood beneath the smoky rafters and received the greetings of the grim and toothless Mistress. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Dame Dame PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 8 Louhi Louhi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 13 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 smoky smoky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 rafters rafter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 greetings greeting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 grim grim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 toothless toothless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 37 Mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Minstrel | Minstrel's way | | | | quickly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Product | | 2 | **remember** | present · passive | | dwelling | Dame | | | well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme to dame=be' | | 3 | **open** | past | Minstrel | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 4 | **enter** | past | Minstrel *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | past | Minstrel | | | the smoky rafters | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath rafter=Location | | 6 | **receive** | past | Minstrel *not said here* | the greetings of the grim Mistress | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greeting=Theme | | 7 | **greet** | | | the grim Mistress | | | | | nom greeting «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/55/) - ↑ back to [The Old Man’s Wooing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/)