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description: The broad, flat-bottomed vessel grated against the shore where the Minstrel was standing; he saw that it was roomy and large, and he stepped quickly aboard, not looking behind him. Who acts: Minstrel, broad bottomed vessel, vessel. A sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James B
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# The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Land of Tuonela, sentence 117

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The broad, flat-bottomed vessel grated against the shore where the Minstrel was standing; he saw that it was roomy and large, and he stepped quickly aboard, not looking behind him.

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**Who acts:** Minstrel, broad bottomed vessel, vessel · **What happens:** bottom, grate, stand, see, be, step · **To what, where:** broad bottomed vessel, roomy

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This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Land of Tuonela. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Minstrel, broad bottomed vessel, vessel), 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:pg66819:14:117
# text = The broad, flat-bottomed vessel grated against the shore where the Minstrel was standing; he saw that it was roomy and large, and he stepped quickly aboard, not looking behind him.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	bottomed	bottom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
8	grated	grate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Minstrel	Minstrel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	roomy	roomy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	stepped	step	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
30	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
31	aboard	aboard	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	34	advmod	_	_
34	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	advcl	_	_
35	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bottom** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grate** | participle |  | the broad bottomed vessel *not said here* |  |  |  | against the shore | vn appeal-31.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **stand** | past · progressive | the Minstrel |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **see** | past | the broad bottomed vessel |  |  |  |  | Minstrel *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **is a** | past | vessel | roomy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **be** |  | vessel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **step** | past | Minstrel |  |  |  |  | aboard, quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **not** **look** | gerund | Minstrel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind Minstrel | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind he=Theme |

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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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