--- title: A dozen heroes ran forward to save him, a dozen strong arms were str… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: A dozen heroes ran forward to save him, a dozen strong arms were stretched out to succor him—and lo! to the wonder and joy of all, they perceived that it was Wainamoinen, their honored neighbor, their best-loved countryman. Who acts: dozen heroes, arms, joy. 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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 (dozen heroes, arms, joy), 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:pg66819:16:18 # text = A dozen heroes ran forward to save him, a dozen strong arms were stretched out to succor him—and lo! to the wonder and joy of all, they perceived that it was Wainamoinen, their honored neighbor, their best-loved countryman. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 forward forward ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 succor succor VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 — - PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 22 lo lo INTJ UH _ 33 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 Wainamoinen Wainamoinen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 honored honor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 44 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 amod _ _ 47 countryman countryman NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | dozen heroes | | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | dozen heroes *not said here* | stranger | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **stretch out** | past · passive | | a dozen | | | | strong arms *nsubj:pass* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **succor** | to-infinitive | | | stranger | | | | vn help-72.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **perceive** | past | arms *= arm* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | past | joy | Wainamoinen | | | | arms's honored neighbor and arms's loved countryman *appos* | tree rules | | 7 | **honor** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **love** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/16/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/16/19/) - ↑ back to [The Hero’s Return](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/16/)