--- title: At length, in his madness, he said to himself: “With gold and magic… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: At length, in his madness, he said to himself: “With gold and magic and smithing skill I will shape a body like hers—beautiful beyond compare—and then perhaps she will return from Tuonela and dwell therein as she did in her former body of flesh and blood.” Who acts: Beauty, gold, friend. 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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 (Beauty, gold, friend), 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:pg66819:31:61 # text = At length, in his madness, he said to himself: “With gold and magic and smithing skill I will shape a body like hers—beautiful beyond compare—and then perhaps she will return from Tuonela and dwell therein as she did in her former body of flesh and blood.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 madness madness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 With with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 smithing smith VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 amod _ _ 20 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 shape shape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 — - PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 30 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 compare compare NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 — - PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Tuonela Tuonela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 43 therein therein ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Beauty | | Beauty | length and Beauty's madness | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **smith** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shape** *in a quote* | future | gold and magic and smithing skill | a body | | | | like friend; I *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material body=Product | | 4 | **return** *in a quote* | future | friend | | | Tuonela | then | perhaps *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from tuonela=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **dwell** *in a quote* | present | friend *not said here* | | | | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | past | friend | | | friend's former body of flesh and blood | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/31/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/31/62/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Maiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/31/)