--- title: Then one said, “I am tired,” and slunk away in the darkness; and the… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Then one said, “I am tired,” and slunk away in the darkness; and the second said, “I am faint with the heat,” and let his hands fall from the bellows; and the third said, “The work is too hard for one man alone to perform,” and he, too, abandoned his post. Who acts: one, I, second, hands. 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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 (one, I, second, hands), 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:pg66819:31:73 # text = Then one said, “I am tired,” and slunk away in the darkness; and the second said, “I am faint with the heat,” and let his hands fall from the bellows; and the third said, “The work is too hard for one man alone to perform,” and he, too, abandoned his post. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 slunk slink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bellows bellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 “ " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 too too ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 ccomp _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 alone alone ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 63 too too ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 abandoned abandon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **slink away** | past | one *not said here* | | | the darkness | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in darkness=Trajectory | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the second | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the second *= second* | | | | | with the heat; faint *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | the second *not said here* | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fall** | present | man's hands | | | the bellows | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bellow=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the third | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the work | | | | | for one man; alone, hard *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **perform** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the work *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **abandon** | past | third | third's post | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme post=Source | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/31/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/31/74/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Maiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/31/)