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title: They talked daily of their strange adventures in Pohyola; and now, i… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics
description: They talked daily of their strange adventures in Pohyola; and now, in the halo of long absence, the Frozen Land was remembered only as a land of spring showers and summer sunshine, and their days of sadness and gloom were forgotten in contemplation of the blessedness which they had felt in the prese
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# The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Unfinished Boat, sentence 19

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They talked daily of their strange adventures in Pohyola; and now, in the halo of long absence, the Frozen Land was remembered only as a land of spring showers and summer sunshine, and their days of sadness and gloom were forgotten in contemplation of the blessedness which they had felt in the presence of the Maid of Beauty.

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**Who acts:** Minstrel · **What happens:** talk, remember, gloom, forget, feel, adventure · **To what, where:** Frozen Land, halo, contemplation, blessedness, presence, Pohyola

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This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Unfinished Boat. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Minstrel), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66819:13:19
# text = They talked daily of their strange adventures in Pohyola; and now, in the halo of long absence, the Frozen Land was remembered only as a land of spring showers and summer sunshine, and their days of sadness and gloom were forgotten in contemplation of the blessedness which they had felt in the presence of the Maid of Beauty.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Pohyola	Pohyola	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	halo	halo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	Frozen	Frozen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	Land	Land	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	remembered	remember	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	advcl	_	_
26	only	only	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
27	as	as	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	showers	shower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	gloom	gloom	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
44	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux:pass	_	_
45	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	contemplation	contemplation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	blessedness	blessedness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
51	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	54	nsubj:pass	_	_
52	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
53	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
54	felt	feel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	acl:relcl	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	Maid	Maid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	Beauty	Beauty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | Minstrel |  |  |  |  | of Minstrel's strange adventures in Pohyola; daily *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **remember** | past · passive |  | the Frozen Land |  | the halo of long absence | now; day | as a land of spring showers and summer sunshine | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as land=Attribute |
| 3 | **gloom** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **forget** | past · passive |  |  |  | contemplation of the blessedness |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **feel** | past · perfect · passive |  | the blessedness |  | the presence of the Maid of Beauty |  | Minstrel *nsubj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in presence=Location |
| 6 | **adventure** |  | Minstrel |  |  | Pohyola |  |  | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |
| 7 | **contemplate** |  |  | the blessedness |  |  |  |  | nom contemplation «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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