--- title: So, speaking softly, gently, as becomes a vanquished hero, he propos… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: So, speaking softly, gently, as becomes a vanquished hero, he proposed this modest bargain: “If I tell you where I am going and for what purpose, will you promise to waken the South Wind that he may drive my ship forward on its perilous voyage?” Who acts: speaking, fish, I, you. 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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 (speaking, fish, I, you), 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:pg66819:19:110 # text = So, speaking softly, gently, as becomes a vanquished hero, he proposed this modest bargain: “If I tell you where I am going and for what purpose, will you promise to waken the South Wind that he may drive my ship forward on its perilous voyage?” 1 So so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 4 softly softly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 gently gently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 vanquished vanquish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 17 modest modest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 If if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 obl _ _ 32 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 waken waken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 forward forward ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 perilous perilous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | gently, softly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **become** | present | speaking | a vanquished hero | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **vanquish** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **propose** | past | fish | this modest bargain | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bargain=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | | | | what purpose *obl* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for what=Beneficiary | | 7 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **waken** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the South Wind | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wind=Patient | | 9 | **drive** *in a quote* | may | fish | my ship | | purpose's perilous voyage | | forward *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ship=Theme on voyage=Destination | | 10 | **voyage** *in a quote* | | purpose | | | | | | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/111/) - ↑ back to [The Maid of the Morning](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/)