--- title: The duckling that I have cherished shall be yours, to sit on your kn… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: The duckling that I have cherished shall be yours, to sit on your knee, to nestle dove-like in your arms, to be the queen of your household, the mistress of your kitchen.” Who acts: I, duckling. 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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, duckling), 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:pg66819:26:50 # text = The duckling that I have cherished shall be yours, to sit on your knee, to nestle dove-like in your arms, to be the queen of your household, the mistress of your kitchen.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 duckling duckling NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 cherished cherish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 nestle nestle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cherish** | present · perfect | I | the duckling | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | shall | the duckling | yours | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | to-infinitive | | | | your knee | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on knee=Location | | 4 | **nestle** | to-infinitive | | dove like in your arms | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location like=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the queen | | | | of your household; the mistress of your kitchen *appos* | tree rules | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/26/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/26/51/) - ↑ back to [The Bridegroom’s Triumph](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/26/)