--- title: She clenched her bony fists and shook them high above her head, call… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: She clenched her bony fists and shook them high above her head, calling upon all her people, all her armed men, all her servants, to come quickly in their might and drive the robbers from the shores of Pohyola. Who acts: Dame. 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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 (Dame), 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:pg66819:35:58 # text = She clenched her bony fists and shook them high above her head, calling upon all her people, all her armed men, all her servants, to come quickly in their might and drive the robbers from the shores of Pohyola. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 clenched clench VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 bony bony ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fists fist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 10 above above ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 31 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 in in SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 shores shore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Pohyola Pohyola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clench** | past | Dame | Dame's bony fists | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fist=Patient | | 2 | **shake** | past | Dame *not said here* | fists *= fist* | | Dame's head | | high *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme above head=Trajectory | | 3 | **call** *speech: assert* | gerund | Dame *not said here* | | Dame's armed men and Dame's servants | | | upon Dame's people | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient | | 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | | | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **drive** | infinitive | | the robbers | | the shores of Pohyola | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent robber=Theme from shore=Trajectory | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/35/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/35/59/) - ↑ back to [The Triumph of Music](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/35/)