--- title: “How fortunate you are!” said the master Smith, “and your good fortu… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “How fortunate you are!” said the master Smith, “and your good fortune shall be ours also; for I know that we shall soon hear some wonderful new songs from your lips. Who acts: you, good fortune, I, we. 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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 (you, good fortune, I, we), 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:pg66819:17:115 # text = “How fortunate you are!” said the master Smith, “and your good fortune shall be ours also; for I know that we shall soon hear some wonderful new songs from your lips. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 fortunate fortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ 21 also also ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 30 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 32 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | fortunate *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | the master Smith *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | your good fortune | ours | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **hear** *in a quote* | shall | we | some wonderful new songs | | your lips | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent song=Topic from lip=Source | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/17/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/17/116/) - ↑ back to [The Wisdom Keeper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/17/)