--- title: Angry and half-despairing, he seized the lever of the bellows in his… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Angry and half-despairing, he seized the lever of the bellows in his own hands, he put his own naked shoulder to the work, and again the flames leaped up, the fire glowed, the caldron quaked and trembled in the terrible heat. Who acts: man, flames, fire. 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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 (man, flames, fire), 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:pg66819:31:76 # text = Angry and half-despairing, he seized the lever of the bellows in his own hands, he put his own naked shoulder to the work, and again the flames leaped up, the fire glowed, the caldron quaked and trembled in the terrible heat. 1 Angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 despairing despair VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lever lever NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bellows bellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 glowed glow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 caldron caldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 quaked quake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 trembled tremble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **despair** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | half *compound* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **seize** | past | man | the lever of the bellows in man's own hands | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lever=Theme | | 3 | **put** | past | man | man's own naked shoulder | | | | to the work | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent shoulder=Goal | | 4 | **leap up** | participle | the flames | | | | again | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **glow** | past | the fire | the caldron | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent caldron=Theme | | 6 | **quake** | participle | | the caldron *not said here* | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **tremble** | participle | | | | the terrible heat | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heat=Location | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/31/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/31/77/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Maiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/31/)