--- title: Its gilded prow was gleaming in the sunlight; its sails were flappin… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Its gilded prow was gleaming in the sunlight; its sails were flapping loosely on the slender mast; and who was the sun-browned hero that stood on the deck guiding the vessel with an oar of copper? Who acts: gilded prow, sails, browned hero. 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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 (gilded prow, sails, browned hero), 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:pg66819:23:10 # text = Its gilded prow was gleaming in the sunlight; its sails were flapping loosely on the slender mast; and who was the sun-browned hero that stood on the deck guiding the vessel with an oar of copper? 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 gilded gild VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 prow prow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 gleaming gleam VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 flapping flap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 14 loosely loosely ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 mast mast NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 browned brown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 guiding guide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 oar oar NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gild** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gleam** | past · progressive | land's gilded prow | | | the sunlight | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunlight=Location | | 3 | **flap** | past · progressive | land's sails | | | the slender mast | | loosely *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mast=Location | | 4 | **brown** | participle | | | | | | sun *compound* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | | the browned hero | | | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** | past | the browned hero | | | the deck | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on deck=Location | | 7 | **guide** | gerund | the browned hero *not said here* | the vessel | | | | with a oar of copper | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/11/) - ↑ back to [The Old Man’s Wooing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/)