--- title: “I have a recipe which has come down through the ages,” said the wom… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “I have a recipe which has come down through the ages,” said the woman, “a recipe for making the Sampo; but no magician has ever yet been wise enough, strong enough to make use of it. Who acts: woman, recipe, magician. 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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 (woman, recipe, magician), 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:pg66819:9:58 # text = “I have a recipe which has come down through the ages,” said the woman, “a recipe for making the Sampo; but no magician has ever yet been wise enough, strong enough to make use of it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 recipe recipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 recipe recipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Sampo Sampo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 31 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 34 advmod _ _ 32 yet yet ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 cop _ _ 34 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 35 enough enough ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 38 enough enough ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 41 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the woman *= woman* | a recipe | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recipe=Patient | | 2 | **come down** *in a quote* | present · perfect | a recipe | | | | through the ages | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through age=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | a recipe *not said here* | the Sampo | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sampo=Product | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | no magician | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | participle | no magician *not said here* | | | | ever; yet | enough, wise *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | | no magician *not said here* | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | no magician *not said here* | use of magician | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product | | 9 | **use** *in a quote* | | | magician | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/59/) - ↑ back to [The Recipe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/)