--- title: Before the astonished Minstrel could think of anything to say, yes,… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Before the astonished Minstrel could think of anything to say, yes, before he could call to mind a single magic word, she had reached the higher ground and was lost to sight among the stunted pines and cedars. Who acts: astonished Minstrel, Minstrel, wind. 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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 (astonished Minstrel, Minstrel, wind), 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:pg66819:19:123 # text = Before the astonished Minstrel could think of anything to say, yes, before he could call to mind a single magic word, she had reached the higher ground and was lost to sight among the stunted pines and cedars. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Minstrel minstrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 12 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 before before SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 amod _ _ 30 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ _ 36 among among ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 stunted stunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 pines pine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 cedars cedar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | could | the astonished Minstrel | | | | | of anything | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the astonished Minstrel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **call** *speech: assert* | could | Minstrel | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **mind** | to-infinitive | Minstrel *not said here* | a single magic word | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 5 | **reach** | past · perfect | wind | the higher ground | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ground=Theme | | 6 | **lose** | past · passive | wind *not said here* | sight | | | | among the stunted pines and cedars | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V» | | 7 | **stunt** | participle | | | | | | | 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/122/) - next →: [The Unexpected Journey, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/1/) - ↑ back to [The Maid of the Morning](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/)