--- title: “The Great Pike lurks in the hidden places of the deep sea,” said Il… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “The Great Pike lurks in the hidden places of the deep sea,” said Ilmarinen; “for he knows that I have forged a hook of iron that will some day be the cause of his undoing.” Who acts: Great Pike lurks, Ilmarinen, that. 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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 (Great Pike lurks, Ilmarinen, that), 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:pg66819:10:20 # text = “The Great Pike lurks in the hidden places of the deep sea,” said Ilmarinen; “for he knows that I have forged a hook of iron that will some day be the cause of his undoing.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 Pike Pike PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 lurks lurk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 Ilmarinen Ilmarinen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 forged forge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 undoing undoing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Great Pike lurks in the hidden places of the deep sea | | | | | Ilmarinen *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Ilmarinen | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **forge** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Great Pike lurks in the hidden places of the deep sea *= lurk* | a hook of iron and the cause | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hook=Product | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | that | the cause | | | | of Ilmarinen's undoing | tree rules | | 5 | **undo** *in a quote* | | Ilmarinen | | | | | | nom undoing «act 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/10/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/10/21/) - ↑ back to [The Caldron](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/10/)