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title: Joyful then were the voices of the children as they sought for the f… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics
description: Joyful then were the voices of the children as they sought for the first wildflowers in the woods, and jocund were the songs of maid and matron as they bustled hither and thither, caring for the house, caring for the garden, caring for the lambs and the young reindeer. Who acts: Joyful voices, child
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# The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Wisdom Keeper, sentence 3

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Joyful then were the voices of the children as they sought for the first wildflowers in the woods, and jocund were the songs of maid and matron as they bustled hither and thither, caring for the house, caring for the garden, caring for the lambs and the young reindeer.

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**Who acts:** Joyful voices, children · **What happens:** be, seek, bustle, care · **To what, where:** Joyful voices, woods, jocund songs

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This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Wisdom Keeper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Joyful voices, children), 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:pg66819:17:3
# text = Joyful then were the voices of the children as they sought for the first wildflowers in the woods, and jocund were the songs of maid and matron as they bustled hither and thither, caring for the house, caring for the garden, caring for the lambs and the young reindeer.
1	Joyful	joyful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	wildflowers	wildflower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	jocund	jocund	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	matron	matron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
29	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	bustled	bustle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
32	hither	hither	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	caring	care	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	advcl	_	_
37	for	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	caring	care	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	36	conj	_	_
42	for	for	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	caring	care	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	41	conj	_	_
47	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Joyful voices |  |  | then | of the children | tree rules |
| 2 | **seek** | past | the Joyful voices |  |  | the woods |  | for the first wildflowers; children *= child* *nsubj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for wildflower=Theme in wood=Location |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | the jocund songs |  |  |  | of maid and matron | tree rules |
| 4 | **bustle** | past | children *= child* |  |  | thither |  | hither *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **care** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the house | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for house=Theme |
| 6 | **care** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the garden | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for garden=Theme |
| 7 | **care** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the lambs and the young reindeer | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for lamb=Theme |

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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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