--- title: Therefore he resolved that he would get even with her; verily he wou… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore he resolved that he would get even with her; verily he would show her that he, too, was one of the mighty—a magician unexcelled in power, a master of things seen and unseen. Who acts: maiden. 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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 (maiden), 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:pg66819:13:25 # text = Therefore he resolved that he would get even with her; verily he would show her that he, too, was one of the mighty—a magician unexcelled in power, a master of things seen and unseen. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 verily verily ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 too too ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 ccomp _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 — - PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 30 unexcelled unexcell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 38 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 unseen unseen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resolve** | past | maiden | | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | would | maiden | | | | | with Land | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **show** | would | maiden | | Land | | | verily *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | past | maiden | one and a magician and a master of things | | | | of the mighty; a magician and a master of things *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **unexcell** | participle | | a magician and a master of things *not said here* | | power | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | participle | | things *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/13/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/13/26/) - ↑ back to [The Unfinished Boat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/13/)