--- title: Dashing swiftly upward the fish sought to seize the eagle with his s… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Dashing swiftly upward the fish sought to seize the eagle with his spear-like teeth; he caught the tip of her right wing, he drew it into the water and with might and main strove to pull the giant bird into the depths. Who acts: Dashing, hero. 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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 (Dashing, hero), 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:pg66819:25:88 # text = Dashing swiftly upward the fish sought to seize the eagle with his spear-like teeth; he caught the tip of her right wing, he drew it into the water and with might and main strove to pull the giant bird into the depths. 1 Dashing dash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 upward upward ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 13 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tip tip NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 38 strove strive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dash** | gerund | | | | | | upward the fish; swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **seek** | past | Dashing | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **seize** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Dashing *not said here* | the eagle | | | | with hero's like teeth | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme | | 4 | **catch** | past | hero | the tip of eagle's right wing | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Theme | | 5 | **draw** | past | hero | tip | | | | into the water *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Patient into water=Result | | 6 | **strive** | past | hero *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pull** | to-infinitive | hero *not said here* | the giant bird | | the depths | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent bird=Result | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/89/) - ↑ back to [The Great Pike](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/)