--- title: She ripped the scales from the Great Pike’s glistening sides; she to… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: She ripped the scales from the Great Pike’s glistening sides; she tore the fins away; she devoured the long breast and the jointed tail; she sundered the head from the mighty shoulders, cleaving the gills with her iron beak. Who acts: bird. 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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 (bird), 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:pg66819:25:94 # text = She ripped the scales from the Great Pike’s glistening sides; she tore the fins away; she devoured the long breast and the jointed tail; she sundered the head from the mighty shoulders, cleaving the gills with her iron beak. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ripped rip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Great Great ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Pike Pike PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 glistening glisten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fins fin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 devoured devour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 jointed joint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sundered sunder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 cleaving cleave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 gills gill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rip** | past | bird | the scales | | | | from the Great Pike | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent scale=Patient from pike=Source | | 2 | **glisten** | gerund | bird *not said here* | sides | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent side=Theme | | 3 | **tore away** | past | bird | the fins | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **devour** | past | bird | the long breast and the jointed tail | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breast=Patient | | 5 | **joint** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sunder** | past | bird | the head | | | | from the mighty shoulders | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent head=Patient from shoulder=Co-Patient | | 7 | **cleave** | gerund | bird *not said here* | the gills | | | | with bird's iron beak | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gill=Patient with beak=Instrument | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/95/) - ↑ back to [The Great Pike](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/)