--- title: She twirled her spindle to the right, and drew out threads of iron;… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: She twirled her spindle to the right, and drew out threads of iron; she twirled it to the left, and wires of copper, small but exceeding strong, ran through her fingers; she twirled it upward, downward, and a thousand coils of twisted metal soon lay in the moonlight beside her. 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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 (doom, thousand coils), 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:pg66819:15:26 # text = She twirled her spindle to the right, and drew out threads of iron; she twirled it to the left, and wires of copper, small but exceeding strong, ran through her fingers; she twirled it upward, downward, and a thousand coils of twisted metal soon lay in the moonlight beside her. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 twirled twirl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 spindle spindle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 threads thread NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 twirled twirl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 wires wire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 parataxis _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 exceeding exceed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 31 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 34 through through ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 twirled twirl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 upward upward ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 downward downward ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 coils coil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 twisted twisted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 53 advmod _ _ 53 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 beside beside ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **twirl** | past | doom | doom's spindle | | the right | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent spindle=Theme to right=Destination | | 2 | **draw out** | past | doom *not said here* | threads of iron | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme | | 3 | **twirl** | past | doom | thread | | the left | | wires of copper *parataxis* | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme to left=Destination | | 4 | **exceed** | gerund | doom *not said here* | | | | | strong *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **run** | past | doom *not said here* | | | doom's fingers | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through finger=Trajectory | | 6 | **twirl** | past | doom | thread | | | | downward, upward *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent it=Material | | 7 | **lie** | past | a thousand coils of twisted metal | | | the moonlight | | beside doom; soon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in moonlight=Location | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/15/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/15/27/) - ↑ back to [The Hag of the Rock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/15/)