--- title: The brief summer waned, and the long winter came with its sleet and… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: The brief summer waned, and the long winter came with its sleet and snow and furious storms; but through all the weather changes and the varying fortunes of the year, the mutual devotion of the two heroes remained steadfast. Who acts: brief summer, long winter, varying fortunes, affection. 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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 (brief summer, long winter, varying fortunes, affection), 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:pg66819:13:2 # text = The brief summer waned, and the long winter came with its sleet and snow and furious storms; but through all the weather changes and the varying fortunes of the year, the mutual devotion of the two heroes remained steadfast. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 brief brief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 waned wane VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sleet sleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 25 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 varying vary VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 amod _ _ 29 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 mutual mutual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 devotion devotion NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 41 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 42 steadfast steadfast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wane** | past | the brief summer | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **come** | past | the long winter | | | | | with affection's sleet and snow and furious storms | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **change** | present | | | | all weather | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **vary** | gerund | | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **remain** | past | the varying fortunes of the year and the mutual devotion of the two heroes | | | | | steadfast *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sleet** | | affection | | | | | | nom sleet «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **devote** | | | the two heroes | | | | | nom devotion «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/13/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/13/3/) - ↑ back to [The Unfinished Boat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/13/)