--- title: He sang of the creation: how the earth arose in the midst of the wat… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: He sang of the creation: how the earth arose in the midst of the waters; how the forests were planted and the wildflowers were taught to bloom; how the monsters of land and sea and the timid creatures of the fields and woods were given life; and lastly how the sky was shaped and the sun and moon and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/17/93/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old No…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/) / [The Wisdom Keeper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/17/) / 93 # The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Wisdom Keeper, sentence 93 He sang of the creation: how the earth arose in the midst of the waters; how the forests were planted and the wildflowers were taught to bloom; how the monsters of land and sea and the timid creatures of the fields and woods were given life; and lastly how the sky was shaped and the sun and moon and twinkling stars were set in their places. **Who acts:** Keeper, earth, wildflowers · **What happens:** sing, arise, plant, teach, bloom, give · **To what, where:** midst, forests, wildflowers, monsters, sky, stars 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 (Keeper, earth, wildflowers), 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:pg66819:17:93 # text = He sang of the creation: how the earth arose in the midst of the waters; how the forests were planted and the wildflowers were taught to bloom; how the monsters of land and sea and the timid creatures of the fields and woods were given life; and lastly how the sky was shaped and the sun and moon and twinkling stars were set in their places. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 creation creation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wildflowers wildflower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 bloom bloom VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 31 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 timid timid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 lastly lastly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 53 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 57 advmod _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 twinkling twinkle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 conj _ _ 65 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 66 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 ccomp _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Keeper | | | | | of the creation | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **arise** | past | the earth | | | the midst of the waters | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Location | | 3 | **plant** | past · passive | | the forests | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · passive | | the wildflowers | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **bloom** | to-infinitive | the wildflowers *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past · passive | | the monsters of land and sea and the timid creatures of the fields and woods | | | | life *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient life=Theme | | 7 | **shape** | past · passive | | the sky | | | | the sun and moon *conj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 8 | **twinkle** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **set** | past · passive | | stars | | stars's places | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in place=Destination | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/17/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/17/94/) - ↑ back to [The Wisdom Keeper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/17/)