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title: “As a minstrel and magician, He would bless this land’s condition; H… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics
description: “As a minstrel and magician, He would bless this land’s condition; He would fill the fields with cattle, Make our treasure boxes rattle; He would fill the mines with metal, Fill each pot and fill each kettle; He would fill the lanes with flowers, Bless each day, bless all the hours. Who acts: Creato
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# The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Wedding Feast, sentence 105

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“As a minstrel and magician, He would bless this land’s condition; He would fill the fields with cattle, Make our treasure boxes rattle; He would fill the mines with metal, Fill each pot and fill each kettle; He would fill the lanes with flowers, Bless each day, bless all the hours.

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**Who acts:** Creator, treasure boxes, you, land · **What happens:** bless, fill, make, rattle, condition · **To what, where:** condition, fields, mines, pot, kettle, lanes

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This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Wedding Feast. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Creator, treasure boxes, you, land), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66819:27:105
# text = “As a minstrel and magician, He would bless this land’s condition; He would fill the fields with cattle, Make our treasure boxes rattle; He would fill the mines with metal, Fill each pot and fill each kettle; He would fill the lanes with flowers, Bless each day, bless all the hours.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	advcl	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	’s	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	Make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
25	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
28	rattle	rattle	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	Fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
39	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	40	det	_	_
40	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	fill	fill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
43	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	44	det	_	_
44	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
47	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	lanes	lane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	_
51	with	with	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
54	Bless	bless	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
55	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	56	det	_	_
56	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
58	bless	bless	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	54	conj	_	_
59	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	61	det:predet	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	54	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** *in a quote* | would | Creator | this land's condition |  |  |  | as a minstrel and magician | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent condition=Theme as minstrel=Attribute |
| 2 | **fill** *in a quote* | would | Creator | the fields |  |  |  | with cattle | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent field=Patient with cattle=Instrument |
| 3 | **make** *in a quote* | present | Creator *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **rattle** *in a quote* | present | our treasure boxes |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **fill** *in a quote* | would | Creator | the mines |  |  |  | with metal | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent mine=Patient with metal=Instrument |
| 6 | **fill** *in a quote* | infinitive | Creator *not said here* | each pot |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pot=Patient |
| 7 | **fill** *in a quote* | present | Creator *not said here* | each kettle |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent kettle=Patient |
| 8 | **fill** *in a quote* | would | Creator | the lanes |  |  |  | with flowers | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent lane=Patient with flower=Instrument |
| 9 | **bless** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **bless** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **condition** *in a quote* |  | this land |  |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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