--- title: There for many days he toiled at his forge; for many days he watched… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: There for many days he toiled at his forge; for many days he watched the magic caldron in the midst of his glowing furnace; for many days he tried all his wizard arts, singing strange songs and reciting secret runes which only the wisest may ever know. Who acts: darkness. 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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 (darkness), 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:pg66819:25:58 # text = There for many days he toiled at his forge; for many days he watched the magic caldron in the midst of his glowing furnace; for many days he tried all his wizard arts, singing strange songs and reciting secret runes which only the wisest may ever know. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 toiled toil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 caldron caldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 furnace furnace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 wizard wizard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 arts art NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 38 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 reciting recite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 42 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 runes rune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 45 only only ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 obl _ _ 47 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 nmod _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 50 advmod _ _ 50 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toil** | past | darkness | | | darkness's forge; there | day | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at forge=Trajectory | | 2 | **watch** | past | darkness | the magic caldron | | the midst of darkness's glowing furnace | day | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caldron=Theme | | 3 | **glow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **try** | past | darkness | darkness's wizard arts | | | day | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Eventuality | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | darkness *not said here* | strange songs | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 6 | **recite** | gerund | darkness *not said here* | secret runes | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rune=Theme | | 7 | **know** | may | | secret runes | | | ever | the wisest *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/59/) - ↑ back to [The Great Pike](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/)