--- title: He called to mind all the wisdom words that he had learned from grea… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: He called to mind all the wisdom words that he had learned from great Wipunen; he repeated them softly, one by one, and his heart swelled with pride when he thought of the power he had gained by listening to the song of wisdom. Who acts: Minstrel, heart, wisdom. 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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 (Minstrel, heart, wisdom), 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:pg66819:18:2 # text = He called to mind all the wisdom words that he had learned from great Wipunen; he repeated them softly, one by one, and his heart swelled with pride when he thought of the power he had gained by listening to the song of wisdom. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Wipunen Wipunen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 softly softly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obl _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 swelled swell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 gained gain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 by by SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | Minstrel | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mind** | to-infinitive | Minstrel *not said here* | all wisdom words | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 3 | **learn** | past · perfect | Minstrel | | | great Wipunen | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from wipunen=Source | | 4 | **repeat** | past | Minstrel | words *= word* | | | | one by one *obl*; softly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 5 | **swell** | past | Minstrel's heart | | | | | with pride | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Minstrel | | | | | of the power | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **gain** | past · perfect | Minstrel | the power *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme | | 8 | **listen** | gerund | Minstrel *not said here* | | | | | to the song of wisdom | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to song=Theme | | 9 | **sing** | | wisdom | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/18/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/18/3/) - ↑ back to [The Launching](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/18/)