--- title: He repeated all the magic runes that he remembered, he recited spell… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: He repeated all the magic runes that he remembered, he recited spells to the winds and the waves and the gray-blue sky, he recalled all the words of power that he had learned from the sages of old. Who acts: One. 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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 (One), 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:pg66819:2:136 # text = He repeated all the magic runes that he remembered, he recited spells to the winds and the waves and the gray-blue sky, he recalled all the words of power that he had learned from the sages of old. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 runes rune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 recited recite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 spells spell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 gray gray NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 recalled recall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sages sage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | past | One | all magic runes | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rune=Eventuality | | 2 | **remember** | past | One | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **recite** | past | One | spells | the winds and the waves and the blue sky | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent spell=Topic to wind=Recipient | | 4 | **recall** | past | One | all words of power | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 5 | **learn** | past · perfect | One | | | the sages of old | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from sage=Source | | 6 | **word** | | | power | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/2/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/2/137/) - ↑ back to [Mistress and Minstrel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/2/)