--- title: Then he drew out the half-melted mass and held it upon the anvil whi… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Then he drew out the half-melted mass and held it upon the anvil while he beat and turned it, and beat and turned it, until he had shaped it into a wonderful weapon the like of which no man had seen before. Who acts: smithy, man. 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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 (smithy, man), 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:pg66819:33:18 # text = Then he drew out the half-melted mass and held it upon the anvil while he beat and turned it, and beat and turned it, until he had shaped it into a wonderful weapon the like of which no man had seen before. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 anvil anvil NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 while while SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 until until SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 39 like like ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 42 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 43 det _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 46 before before ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw out** | past | smithy | the melted mass | | | then | beat *conj* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mass=Theme | | 2 | **melt** | participle | | | | | | half *compound* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **hold** | past | smithy *not said here* | mass | | the anvil | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon anvil=Location | | 4 | **beat** | past | smithy | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **turn** | past | smithy *not said here* | mass | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | past | smithy *not said here* | mass | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **shape** | past · perfect | smithy | mass | | a wonderful weapon | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into weapon=Product | | 8 | **see** | past · perfect | no man | | | | | like a wonderful weapon; before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/33/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/33/19/) - ↑ back to [The Weeping Ship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/33/)