--- title: It is strong to resist the waves; it has two broad sails that it may… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: It is strong to resist the waves; it has two broad sails that it may fly swiftly before the wind; its prow is of copper overlaid with gold; its deck is floored with silver; in its hold are treasures more precious than I can tell. Who acts: It, vessel, prow, hold treasures. 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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 (It, vessel, prow, hold treasures), 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:pg66819:23:70 # text = It is strong to resist the waves; it has two broad sails that it may fly swiftly before the wind; its prow is of copper overlaid with gold; its deck is floored with silver; in its hold are treasures more precious than I can tell. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 12 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 18 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 prow prow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 28 overlaid overlay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 floored floor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 44 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ _ 45 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 46 than than SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **resist** | to-infinitive | | the waves | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | vessel | two broad sails | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Patient | | 4 | **fly** | may | vessel | two broad sails *not said here* | | the wind | | swiftly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent sail=Theme before wind=Location | | 5 | **is** | present | vessel's prow | | | | | of copper | tree rules | | 6 | **overlay** | participle | | copper *not said here* | | | | with gold | tree rules | | 7 | **floor** | present · passive | | vessel's deck | | | | with silver | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | present | | hold treasures | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | hold treasures | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | I | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **hold** | | vessel | | | | | | nom hold «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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/71/) - ↑ back to [The Old Man’s Wooing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/23/)