--- title: She it was who provided the food and the drink; she it was who direc… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: She it was who provided the food and the drink; she it was who directed the cooks, the butchers, the brewers, the bakers, the serving maidens; and she it was who invited the guests. Who acts: Dame. 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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 (Dame), 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:pg66819:27:4 # text = She it was who provided the food and the drink; she it was who directed the cooks, the butchers, the brewers, the bakers, the serving maidens; and she it was who invited the guests. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 directed direct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cooks cook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 butchers butcher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 brewers brewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 bakers baker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 serving serve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 31 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Dame | | | | | Mistress *nsubj*; who *nsubj*; the food and the drink *obj*; provide *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Dame | | | | | Mistress *nsubj*; who *nsubj*; the cooks and the butchers and the brewers and the bakers and the serving maidens *obj*; direct *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **serve** | gerund | | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past · passive | | Dame | | | | Mistress *nsubj:pass*; who *nsubj*; the guests *obj*; invite *property* | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/27/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/27/5/) - ↑ back to [The Wedding Feast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/27/)