--- title: Opening — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · full text with trees description: Opening, «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: HEROES OF THE OLDEN TIME --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old No…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/) / Opening # Opening Opening of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 25 sentences and 510 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. HEROES OF THE OLDEN TIME[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") THE SAMPO A WONDER TALE OF THE OLD NORTH[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") BY JAMES BALDWIN Illustrated by N.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") C. Wyeth[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1917[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") PROEM[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") This is a tale which the runolainen of the far North used to sing in hovel and hall, and which the heroes of primeval times learned by heart and taught to their children.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") In its original form it was related, not in plain, unvarnished prose, as you shall find it here, but in endless monotonous measures, tuned to the music of the kantele.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") \[A\] It was made up of numerous stories, songs, folk-melodies, and incantations, with which were interwoven many independent episodes that are neither interesting nor necessary to its completeness.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") The weaver of tales, who now relates these adventures to modern readers, has chosen to deviate widely from the methods of the ancient story-tellers.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") He has combined various parts, as pleased his fancy, into one complete harmonious fabric, and, while he has retained much of the original warp and woof, he has added various and many colorings and connecting threads of his own invention.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") In doing this he has merely exercised the time-honored right of poets and story-tellers—the right to make new cloth out of old.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") CONTENTS[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") CHAPTER PAGE[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") I MISTRESS AND MINSTREL 1 II THE MAID OF BEAUTY 14 III THE GRAYBEARD AND HIS SON 21 IV THE WICKED HORNET 32 V THE TREE OF MAGIC 43 VI THE SMITHY 49 VII THE TEMPEST 59 VIII THE RECIPE 66 IX THE CALDRON 73 X THE FORGING OF THE SAMPO 86 XI THE HOMESICK HERO 97 XII THE UNFINISHED BOAT 109 XIII THE LAND OF TUONELA 125 XIV THE HAG OF THE ROCK 137 XV THE HERO’S RETURN 145 XVI THE WISDOM KEEPER 151 XVII THE LAUNCHING 162 XVIII THE MAID OF THE MORNING 168 XIX THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY 178 XX THE FRIENDLY RIVALS 190 XXI THE BARKING DOGS 196 XXII THE OLD MAN’S WOOING 207 XXIII THE FIELD OF SERPENTS 214 XXIV THE GREAT PIKE 225 XXV THE BRIDEGROOM’S TRIUMPH 235 XXVI THE WEDDING FEAST 242 XXVII THE HOME COMING 253 XXVIII THE SLAVE BOY 257 XXIX A DREADFUL VENGEANCE 271 XXX THE GOLDEN MAIDEN 278 XXXI THE FAMINE 292 XXXII THE WEEPING SHIP 298 XXXIII THE KANTELE 311 XXXIV THE TRIUMPH OF MUSIC 320 XXXV THE FLIGHT 332 XXXVI THE PURSUIT 346 XXXVII THE FATE OF THE SAMPO 353[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") ILLUSTRATIONS[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") The Golden Maiden Frontispiece[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") The flames died suddenly away, and out of the vessel there sprang a wonderful image—the image of a beautiful maiden.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") FACING PAGE[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") The Magician and the Maid of Beauty 16[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") High in the sky he saw a rainbow, and on it the Maid of Beauty.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") The Hag of the Rock 138[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") An old, old woman, gray-eyed, hook-nosed, wrinkled, was sitting on the rock and busily spinning.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") The Slave Boy 262[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, at length, when all were peacefully feeding, he sat down upon a grassy hummock and looked around him, sad, lonely, vindictive.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") - next →: [Mistress and Minstrel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/2/) - ↑ back to [The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/)