--- title: Finally, after the mill itself was proved satisfactory, he forged th… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Finally, after the mill itself was proved satisfactory, he forged the lid to cover it; and the lid was the most marvellous part of all—as many-colored as the rainbow and embossed with gold and lined with silver and ornamented with beautiful pictures. Who acts: workman, lid. 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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 (workman, lid), 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:pg66819:11:44 # text = Finally, after the mill itself was proved satisfactory, he forged the lid to cover it; and the lid was the most marvellous part of all—as many-colored as the rainbow and embossed with gold and lined with silver and ornamented with beautiful pictures. 1 Finally finally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 satisfactory satisfactory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 forged forge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 25 advmod _ _ 25 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 — - PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 colored color VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 rainbow rainbow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 embossed emboss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 lined line VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 ornamented ornament VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | past · passive | | the mill mill | | | | satisfactory *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **forge** | past | workman | the lid | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Product | | 3 | **cover** | to-infinitive | workman *not said here* | lid | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | | 4 | **is a** | past | the lid | the marvellous part | | | | of all | tree rules | | 5 | **color** | participle | | | | | | as the rainbow | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **emboss** | participle | | | | | | with gold | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme | | 7 | **line** | participle | | | | | | with silver | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with silver=Theme | | 8 | **ornament** | participle | | | | | | with beautiful pictures | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with picture=Theme | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/11/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/11/45/) - ↑ back to [The Forging of the Sampo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/11/)