--- title: Three times he pronounced them, and immediately the three holes were… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Three times he pronounced them, and immediately the three holes were bored, the three bolts were fitted therein, and the three last planks were fastened in their proper places: the hull was finished, the boat was water-tight and seaworthy. Who acts: sea, three holes, boat. 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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 (sea, three holes, boat), 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:pg66819:18:19 # text = Three times he pronounced them, and immediately the three holes were bored, the three bolts were fitted therein, and the three last planks were fastened in their proper places: the hull was finished, the boat was water-tight and seaworthy. 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pronounced pronounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 bolts bolt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 20 therein therein ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 25 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 planks plank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hull hull NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 parataxis _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 seaworthy seaworthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pronounce** | past | sea | words *= word* | | | time | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the three holes | | | | | bored, immediately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fit** | past · passive | | the three bolts | | | | therein *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **fasten** | past · passive | | the three last planks | | words's proper places | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **finish** | past · passive | | the hull | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **is** | past | the boat | | | | | tight *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | the boat *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/18/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/18/20/) - ↑ back to [The Launching](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/18/)