--- title: Far out on the sea she heard the sound of oars splashing, she heard… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Far out on the sea she heard the sound of oars splashing, she heard the rippling of the waves as they were cut by the prows of many vessels, she heard the voices of a multitude approaching. Who acts: Dame, oars, prows, voices. 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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 (Dame, oars, prows, voices), 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:pg66819:27:46 # text = Far out on the sea she heard the sound of oars splashing, she heard the rippling of the waves as they were cut by the prows of many vessels, she heard the voices of a multitude approaching. 1 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 oars oar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 12 splashing splash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rippling rippling NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 prows prow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Dame | the sound of oars | | the sea | | out *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 2 | **splash** | gerund | oars *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | Dame | the rippling of the waves | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cut** | past · passive | the prows of many vessels | waves *= wave* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product | | 5 | **hear** | past | Dame | the voices of a multitude | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **approach** | gerund | the voices of a multitude *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ripple** | | | the waves | | | | | nom rippling «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/27/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/27/47/) - ↑ back to [The Wedding Feast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/27/)