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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 (smoke, these), 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:pg66819:24:79 # text = First he made a pair of iron shoes to wear upon his feet; then he forged ten long chains, slender and delicate, and these he wove together and shaped into pliant greaves to cover his legs. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 forged forge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 wove weave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 together together ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 pliant pliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 greaves greave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | smoke | a pair of iron shoes | | | | first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Product | | 2 | **wear** | to-infinitive | smoke *not said here* | | | | | upon smoke's feet | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **forge** | past | smoke | ten long chains | | | then | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Product | | 4 | **weave** | past | these | | | | | smoke *nsubj*; together *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **shape** | participle | these *not said here* | | | pliant greaves | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into greave=Product | | 6 | **cover** | to-infinitive | these *not said here* | smoke's legs | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme leg=Destination | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/24/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/24/80/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Serpents](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/24/)