--- title: He would sing the sea to honey, Sing the stones to precious money, S… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: He would sing the sea to honey, Sing the stones to precious money, Sing the sand to foaming ale, Sing the rocks to rain and hail, And the mountains sing to lakes, And the hilltops sing to cakes. Who acts: Creator, mountains, hilltops. 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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 (Creator, mountains, hilltops), 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:pg66819:27:104 # text = He would sing the sea to honey, Sing the stones to precious money, Sing the sand to foaming ale, Sing the rocks to rain and hail, And the mountains sing to lakes, And the hilltops sing to cakes. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 foaming foam VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 ale ale NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 hilltops hilltop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | would | Creator | the sea honey | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sea=Theme | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | Creator *not said here* | the stones | precious money | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent stone=Topic to money=Recipient | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | Creator *not said here* | the sand | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sand=Theme | | 4 | **foam** | gerund | Creator *not said here* | ale | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location ale=Theme | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | Creator *not said here* | the rocks rain and hail | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rock=Theme | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the mountains | | lakes | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to lake=Recipient | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the hilltops | | cakes | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to cake=Recipient | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/27/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/27/105/) - ↑ back to [The Wedding Feast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/27/)