--- title: Then he bade the workmen blow the bellows as before; and he heaped o… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Then he bade the workmen blow the bellows as before; and he heaped on more fuel and more fuel, singing meanwhile a wild, weird song which made the flames leap out from the very top of the chimney. Who acts: Ilmarinen, workmen, wild weird song. 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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 (Ilmarinen, workmen, wild weird song), 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:pg66819:10:91 # text = Then he bade the workmen blow the bellows as before; and he heaped on more fuel and more fuel, singing meanwhile a wild, weird song which made the flames leap out from the very top of the chimney. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 workmen workman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 blow blow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bellows bellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 before before ADV RB _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 heaped heap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 amod _ _ 17 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 amod _ _ 20 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 23 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 leap leap VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 very very ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bade** | past | Ilmarinen | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **blow** | present | the workmen | the bellows | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bellow=Patient | | 3 | **heap** | past | Ilmarinen | | | more fuel and more fuel | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on fuel=Destination | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | Ilmarinen *not said here* | a wild weird song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | a wild weird song | the flames | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset flame=Product | | 6 | **leap out** | present | Ilmarinen *not said here* | | | the top of the chimney | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from top=Trajectory | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/10/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/10/92/) - ↑ back to [The Caldron](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/10/)