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title: Again he sat with the master Smith through the evening hours, and pl… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics
description: Again he sat with the master Smith through the evening hours, and pleasantly discussed the charms of the Maid of Beauty; again in every dwelling he was a welcome visitor, and his voice was heard singing the sweet songs of the older times; and again the children of the village clustered round him to 
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# The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Hero’s Return, sentence 50

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Again he sat with the master Smith through the evening hours, and pleasantly discussed the charms of the Maid of Beauty; again in every dwelling he was a welcome visitor, and his voice was heard singing the sweet songs of the older times; and again the children of the village clustered round him to listen to his words of wisdom and to be taught the lore of the ancients.

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**Who acts:** courage, voice, children, older times · **What happens:** sit, discuss, be, hear, sing, cluster · **To what, where:** dwelling, charms, welcome visitor, voice, sweet songs, lore

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This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Hero’s Return. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (courage, voice, children, older times), 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:pg66819:16:50
# text = Again he sat with the master Smith through the evening hours, and pleasantly discussed the charms of the Maid of Beauty; again in every dwelling he was a welcome visitor, and his voice was heard singing the sweet songs of the older times; and again the children of the village clustered round him to listen to his words of wisdom and to be taught the lore of the ancients.
1	Again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Smith	Smith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	pleasantly	pleasantly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	discussed	discuss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	charms	charm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Maid	Maid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Beauty	Beauty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	27	det	_	_
27	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	welcome	welcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
37	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux:pass	_	_
38	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
39	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	38	xcomp	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	46	amod	_	_
46	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
49	again	again	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nsubj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
55	clustered	cluster	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
56	round	round	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obl	_	_
58	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
59	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	xcomp	_	_
60	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obl	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nmod	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
66	to	to	PART	TO	_	68	mark	_	_
67	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	68	aux:pass	_	_
68	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	59	conj	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
71	of	of	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	ancients	ancient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | courage |  |  | every dwelling | again; again; hour | with the master Smith | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in dwelling=Location |
| 2 | **discuss** *speech: other* | past | courage *not said here* | the charms of the Maid of Beauty |  |  |  | pleasantly *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | past | courage | a welcome visitor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hear** | past · passive |  | courage's voice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | courage's voice *not said here* | the sweet songs of the older times |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
| 6 | **cluster** | past | the children of the village |  |  |  |  | round courage | tree rules |
| 7 | **listen** | to-infinitive | the children of the village *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to courage's words of wisdom | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme |
| 8 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive | the children of the village *not said here* | the lore of the ancients |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: lore=Recipient |
| 9 | **sing** |  | the older times |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
| 10 | **word** |  | courage | wisdom |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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