--- title: Then, drawing the sword—the keen-edged sword, Faultless, which the S… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Then, drawing the sword—the keen-edged sword, Faultless, which the Smith had forged for him—he leaped into the sea, he dived deep down to the fish’s resting-place. Who acts: Faultless. 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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 (Faultless), 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:pg66819:34:41 # text = Then, drawing the sword—the keen-edged sword, Faultless, which the Smith had forged for him—he leaped into the sea, he dived deep down to the fish’s resting-place. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 keen keen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 edged edge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Faultless Faultless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 forged forge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 — - PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 dived dive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 deep deep ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 resting resting NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | gerund | | the sword | | | then | the keen edged sword *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 2 | **edge** | participle | | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **forge** | past · perfect · passive | | the keen edged sword | | | | for Faultless; the Smith *nsubj:pass* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **leap** | past | Faultless | | | the sea | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sea=Destination | | 5 | **dive** | past | Faultless | | | the fish's resting place | | down *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to place=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/34/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/34/42/) - ↑ back to [The Kantele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/34/)