--- title: No small fish was he, for his back was seven times longer than the l… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: No small fish was he, for his back was seven times longer than the longest boat, his teeth were like great spears set round the entrance to a cavern, and his eyes glowed like two flaming fires on the summit of a mountain. Who acts: small fish, back, pike, eyes. 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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 (small fish, back, pike, eyes), 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:pg66819:25:83 # text = No small fish was he, for his back was seven times longer than the longest boat, his teeth were like great spears set round the entrance to a cavern, and his eyes glowed like two flaming fires on the summit of a mountain. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 11 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 like like ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 25 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 round round ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 cavern cavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 glowed glow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 39 flaming flame VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 amod _ _ 40 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | no small fish | pike | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | pike's back | | | | | for the longest boat; long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | pike | | | | | like great spears; pike's teeth *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **set** | participle | | great spears *not said here* | | | | round the entrance; to a cavern | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **glow** | past | pike's eyes | | | | | like two flaming fires on the summit of a mountain | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **flame** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/84/) - ↑ back to [The Great Pike](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/)