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title: The old net weaver, the three-fingered wizard, heard him and came sw… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics
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# The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Hag of the Rock, sentence 66

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The old net weaver, the three-fingered wizard, heard him and came swimming out into the sluggish stream; with his gaunt and hideous fingers he seized one net after another and tore the meshes apart; he made a way between the wires through which the Minstrel might squeeze his by no means slender body.

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**Who acts:** old net weaver, wizard, Minstrel, no · **What happens:** finger, hear, come, swim out, seize, tore · **To what, where:** wizard, sluggish stream, one net, meshes, way, wires

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This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Hag of the Rock. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old net weaver, wizard, Minstrel, no), 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:pg66819:15:66
# text = The old net weaver, the three-fingered wizard, heard him and came swimming out into the sluggish stream; with his gaunt and hideous fingers he seized one net after another and tore the meshes apart; he made a way between the wires through which the Minstrel might squeeze his by no means slender body.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	weaver	weaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	fingered	finger	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	into	into	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	sluggish	sluggish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
25	gaunt	gaunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	hideous	hideous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	conj	_	_
28	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	seized	seize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
31	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	32	nummod	_	_
32	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
33	after	after	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	30	obl	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	tore	tore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	meshes	mesh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obj	_	_
39	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
45	between	between	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	wires	wire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	_
48	through	through	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	obl	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	Minstrel	Minstrel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
52	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	acl:relcl	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	_
55	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	57	mark	_	_
56	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	57	nsubj	_	_
57	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	advcl	_	_
58	slender	slender	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finger** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | three *nummod* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | past | the old net weaver and the fingered wizard | wizard |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come** | past | the old net weaver and the fingered wizard *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **swim out** | gerund | the old net weaver and the fingered wizard *not said here* |  |  | the sluggish stream |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into stream=Destination |
| 5 | **seize** | past | wizard | one net |  |  | after another | with wizard's gaunt fingers | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme |
| 6 | **tore** | past | wizard *not said here* | the meshes |  |  |  | apart *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **make** | past | wizard | a way |  |  |  | between the wires | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Product |
| 8 | **squeeze** | might | the Minstrel | wizard |  | the wires |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent his=Theme through which=Trajectory |
| 9 | **mean** | present | no | slender body |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Topic |

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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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