--- title: And when he remembered his object in building it he chuckled to hims… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: And when he remembered his object in building it he chuckled to himself, feeling that finally there was nothing to prevent the carrying out of the plans which he had cherished so long and so earnestly. Who acts: Minstrel, feeling. 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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, feeling), 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:pg66819:18:4 # text = And when he remembered his object in building it he chuckled to himself, feeling that finally there was nothing to prevent the carrying out of the plans which he had cherished so long and so earnestly. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 building build VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 chuckled chuckle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 csubj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 finally finally ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 out out ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 cherished cherish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | Minstrel | Minstrel's object | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | | 2 | **build** | gerund | Minstrel *not said here* | object | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 3 | **chuckle** | past | Minstrel | | Minstrel | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 4 | **feel** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** | past | feeling | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | Minstrel *not said here* | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 7 | **carry out** | gerund | Minstrel *not said here* | the plans | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Eventuality | | 8 | **cherish** | past · perfect · passive | | the plans | | | | Minstrel *nsubj*; long *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/18/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/18/5/) - ↑ back to [The Launching](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/18/)