--- title: The armed men formed themselves in battle array, waiting for command… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: The armed men formed themselves in battle array, waiting for commands; the old men and the married women hastened to their homes, ashamed of their weakness; the children, too, sought their own firesides, for night was approaching. Who acts: armed men, children. 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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 (armed men, children), 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:pg66819:36:100 # text = The armed men formed themselves in battle array, waiting for commands; the old men and the married women hastened to their homes, ashamed of their weakness; the children, too, sought their own firesides, for night was approaching. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 array array NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 commands command NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 married married ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 21 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 weakness weakness NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 too too ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 firesides fireside NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | past | the armed men | men *= man* | | battle array | | the old men and the married women *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location themselves=Theme | | 2 | **wait** | gerund | the armed men *not said here* | | | | | for commands | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hasten** | participle | | the married women *not said here* | | men's homes | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to home=Destination | | 4 | **seek** | past | the children | men's own firesides | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fireside=Theme | | 5 | **approach** | past · progressive | the children *not said here* | | | | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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/pg66819/36/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/101/) - ↑ back to [The Flight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/)