--- title: His voice came to him, and he muttered a spell of enchantment; he re… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: His voice came to him, and he muttered a spell of enchantment; he recited the runes which no other wizard knew; in the midst of the whelming waters he cried aloud and sang weird songs to charm the evil powers that were seeking to entrap and destroy him. 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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 (voice, Wainamoinen, other wizard, charm), 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:pg66819:15:65 # text = His voice came to him, and he muttered a spell of enchantment; he recited the runes which no other wizard knew; in the midst of the whelming waters he cried aloud and sang weird songs to charm the evil powers that were seeking to entrap and destroy him. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 muttered mutter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 recited recite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 runes rune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 whelming whelm VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 31 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 37 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 40 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 entrap entrap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Wainamoinen's voice | | Wainamoinen | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | past | Wainamoinen | a spell of enchantment | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Topic | | 3 | **recite** | past | Wainamoinen | the runes | | the midst of the whelming waters | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rune=Theme | | 4 | **know** | past | no other wizard | the runes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 5 | **whelm** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Wainamoinen | the whelming waters *not said here* | | | | aloud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Wainamoinen *not said here* | weird songs | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 8 | **seek** | past · progressive | charm | | | | | the evil powers *nsubj*; that *nsubj* | tree rules | | 9 | **entrap** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | charm *not said here* | | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **destroy** | infinitive | charm *not said here* | Wainamoinen | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 11 | **spell** | | | enchantment | | | | | nom spell «state 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/15/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/15/66/) - ↑ back to [The Hag of the Rock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/15/)