--- title: But it did not remain invisible; for often, even in our own times, i… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: But it did not remain invisible; for often, even in our own times, it may be seen during the silent winter nights leaping and prancing, shaking its fiery mane and shooting beams of golden light athwart the northern sky. Who acts: task, silent winter nights, shaking. 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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 (task, silent winter nights, shaking), 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:pg66819:24:121 # text = But it did not remain invisible; for often, even in our own times, it may be seen during the silent winter nights leaping and prancing, shaking its fiery mane and shooting beams of golden light athwart the northern sky. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 often often ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 21 during during ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 26 leaping leap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 prancing prance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 shaking shake VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 csubj _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 mane mane NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 shooting shooting NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 athwart athwart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **remain** | past · do-support | task | | | | time | invisible, often *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | may · passive | | task | | | night | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **leap** | gerund | the silent winter nights *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **prance** | gerund | the silent winter nights *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **shake** | gerund | | task's fiery mane and shooting beams of golden light | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent mane=Patient | | 6 | **athwart** | past | shaking | the northern sky | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **beam** | | | golden light | | | | | nom beam «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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/24/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/24/122/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Serpents](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/24/)