--- title: The wife and helpmate, she who erstwhile was the Maid of Beauty, is… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: The wife and helpmate, she who erstwhile was the Maid of Beauty, is swept away in the storm, is swallowed up, and naught but a blood-stained lock of hair remains to tell of her fate. Who acts: naught, hair. 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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 (naught, hair), 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:pg66819:30:69 # text = The wife and helpmate, she who erstwhile was the Maid of Beauty, is swept away in the storm, is swallowed up, and naught but a blood-stained lock of hair remains to tell of her fate. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 helpmate helpmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 erstwhile erstwhile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Maid Maid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Beauty Beauty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 27 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 36 nsubj _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 stained stain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 amod _ _ 33 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Maid | | | | of Beauty | tree rules | | 2 | **sweep away** | present · passive | | the wife and helpmate and the Maid | | the storm | | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in storm=Trajectory | | 3 | **swallow up** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V» | | 4 | **stain** | participle | | | | | | blood *compound* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **remain** | present | naught a stained lock of hair | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | naught a stained lock of hair *not said here* | | | | | of hair's fate | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fate** | | hair | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/30/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/30/70/) - ↑ back to [A Dreadful Vengeance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/30/)