--- title: Word came to us that you had perished, that you had gone to dwell in… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Word came to us that you had perished, that you had gone to dwell in Tuonela; and when this great blight of famine and sorrow came upon the land, we were fain to believe that it was indeed so. Who acts: Word, you, great blight, we. 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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 (Word, you, great blight, we), 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:pg66819:32:29 # text = Word came to us that you had perished, that you had gone to dwell in Tuonela; and when this great blight of famine and sorrow came upon the land, we were fain to believe that it was indeed so. 1 Word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 perished perish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Tuonela Tuonela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 blight blight NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 csubj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 37 ccomp _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Word | | us | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to we=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **perish** | past · perfect · passive | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | Tuonela | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tuonela=Location | | 5 | **come** | past | this great blight of famine and sorrow | | | the land | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon land=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | we | | | | | fain *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **believe** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | Word | | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **blight** | | | famine | | | | | nom blight «state 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/32/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/32/30/) - ↑ back to [The Famine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/32/)