--- title: At last, when the wild geese were again honking in the quiet fjords… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: At last, when the wild geese were again honking in the quiet fjords and the frogs were making the marshes musical, he perfected a secret plan by which he hoped to win the object of his desires, and at the same time add much to his already matchless fame. Who acts: wild geese, 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 (wild geese, 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:pg66819:13:30 # text = At last, when the wild geese were again honking in the quiet fjords and the frogs were making the marshes musical, he perfected a secret plan by which he hoped to win the object of his desires, and at the same time add much to his already matchless fame. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 honking honk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fjords fjord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 marshes marsh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 musical musical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 perfected perfect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 desires desire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 46 add add VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 47 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 50 already already ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 matchless matchless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **honk** | past · progressive | the wild geese | | | the quiet fjords and the frogs | again | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fjord=Location | | 2 | **make** | past · progressive | the wild geese *not said here* | the marshes | | | | musical *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset marsh=Product | | 3 | **perfect** | past | maiden | a secret plan | | last | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent plan=Patient | | 4 | **hope** | past | maiden | | | | | by a secret plan | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | maiden *not said here* | the object of maiden's desires | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Eventuality | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | maiden *not said here* | much | | | time | to maiden's matchless fame | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent much=Patient to fame=Co-Patient | | 7 | **desire** | | maiden | | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/13/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/13/31/) - ↑ back to [The Unfinished Boat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/13/)