--- title: “O thou magic branch of rowan, tell us truly, tell us quickly, who t… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “O thou magic branch of rowan, tell us truly, tell us quickly, who those are who come so swiftly—friends or foes who come so swiftly!” chanted Sakko, the dwarfish wise one. Who acts: thou, magic branch, friends. 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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 (thou, magic branch, friends), 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:pg66819:22:124 # text = “O thou magic branch of rowan, tell us truly, tell us quickly, who those are who come so swiftly—friends or foes who come so swiftly!” chanted Sakko, the dwarfish wise one. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 O o INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 4 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 rowan rowan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 truly truly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 14 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 18 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 foes foe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 34 chanted chant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 35 Sakko Sakko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 dwarfish dwarfish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **branch** *in a quote* | | thou | | | | | of rowan | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | magic branch | | us | | | truly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | magic branch *not said here* | | us | | | quickly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | who *nsubj*; those *nsubj*; come, swiftly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present | friends or foes | | | | | swiftly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **chant** | past | friends or foes | Sakko | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sakko=Topic | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/22/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/22/125/) - ↑ back to [The Barking Dogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/22/)