--- title: I asked her then to go with me to the Land of Heroes, to be the quee… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: I asked her then to go with me to the Land of Heroes, to be the queen of my kitchen, to bake my honey-cakes, to fill my cup with barley water, to sing at my fireside. Who acts: I. 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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), 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:pg66819:23:62 # text = I asked her then to go with me to the Land of Heroes, to be the queen of my kitchen, to bake my honey-cakes, to fill my cup with barley water, to sing at my fireside. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 bake bake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 26 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 sing sing VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 fireside fireside NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | I | | Mistress | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | the Land of Heroes | then | with me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the queen | | | | of my kitchen | tree rules | | 4 | **bake** | to-infinitive | | my honey cakes | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product | | 5 | **fill** | to-infinitive | | my cup | | | | with barley water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cup=Patient with water=Instrument | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | my fireside | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at fireside=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/63/) - ↑ back to [The Old Man’s Wooing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/)