--- title: They rolled like hailstones down upon his feet, they flowed in strea… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: They rolled like hailstones down upon his feet, they flowed in streams till they reached the margin of the sea, and there they fell tinkling and splashing into the sparkling water, down to the black ooze at the bottom. Who acts: Tears. 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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 (Tears), 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:pg66819:35:100 # text = They rolled like hailstones down upon his feet, they flowed in streams till they reached the margin of the sea, and there they fell tinkling and splashing into the sparkling water, down to the black ooze at the bottom. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 hailstones hailstone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 14 till till SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 margin margin NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 27 tinkling tinkle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 splashing splash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 conj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 sparkling sparkling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 ooze ooze NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll down** | past | Tears *= tear* | | | heart's feet | | like hailstones; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon foot=Trajectory | | 2 | **flow** | past | Tears *= tear* | | | streams | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stream=Location | | 3 | **reach** | past | Tears *= tear* | the margin of the sea | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent margin=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past | Tears *= tear* | | | there | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **tinkle** | gerund | Tears *= tear* *not said here* | | | | | to the black ooze at the bottom | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **splash** | gerund | Tears *= tear* *not said here* | | | the sparkling water | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into water=Destination | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/35/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/35/101/) - ↑ back to [The Triumph of Music](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/35/)