--- title: Perhaps the Mistress of the land, the old, the grim, the gray, the W… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Perhaps the Mistress of the land, the old, the grim, the gray, the Wise Woman of the North, will be able to touch the harp strings aright—perhaps she will know how to play the kantele and bring sweet melodies from its heart.” Who acts: Mistress. 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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 (Mistress), 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:pg66819:34:101 # text = Perhaps the Mistress of the land, the old, the grim, the gray, the Wise Woman of the North, will be able to touch the harp strings aright—perhaps she will know how to play the kantele and bring sweet melodies from its heart.” 1 Perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 grim grim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 gray gray NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 aright aright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 — - PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 kantele kantele NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 melodies melody NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | the Mistress of the land | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive | the Mistress of the land *not said here* | the harp strings | | | | aright *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme string=Co-Theme | | 3 | **know** | future | Mistress | | | | | perhaps *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **play** | to-infinitive | | the kantele | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kantele=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | present | Mistress *not said here* | sweet melodies | | kantele's heart | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent melody=Theme from heart=Initial\_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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/34/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/34/102/) - ↑ back to [The Kantele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/34/)