--- title: “Truly, with such a plough I shall not fail to stir up a host of his… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “Truly, with such a plough I shall not fail to stir up a host of hissing serpents,” said Ilmarinen; “but how shall I protect myself from their fury while I am furrowing the field?” Who acts: Ilmarinen, serpents. 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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 (Ilmarinen, serpents), 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:pg66819:24:73 # text = “Truly, with such a plough I shall not fail to stir up a host of hissing serpents,” said Ilmarinen; “but how shall I protect myself from their fury while I am furrowing the field?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Truly truly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 plough plough NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 hissing hiss VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 amod _ _ 19 serpents serpent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 Ilmarinen Ilmarinen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 31 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 furrowing furrow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fail** *in a quote* | shall | Ilmarinen | | | | | with such plough; truly *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **stir up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ilmarinen *not said here* | a host of hissing serpents | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition host=Patient | | 3 | **hiss** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Ilmarinen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **protect** *in a quote* | shall | Ilmarinen | Ilmarinen | | | | from serpents's fury | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent myself=Beneficiary from fury=Theme | | 6 | **furrow** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Ilmarinen | the field | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent field=Patient | | 7 | **infuriate** *in a quote* | | serpents *= serpent* | | | | | | nom fury «feeling 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/24/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/24/74/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Serpents](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/24/)