--- title: The mast was splintered just above the sail-yard, the red sail itsel… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: The mast was splintered just above the sail-yard, the red sail itself was blown away, the rudder was unmanageable, all the oars were made useless, so terrible were the winds and the tossing waves. Who acts: rudder. 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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 (rudder), 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:pg66819:36:127 # text = The mast was splintered just above the sail-yard, the red sail itself was blown away, the rudder was unmanageable, all the oars were made useless, so terrible were the winds and the tossing waves. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mast mast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 splintered splinter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 6 above above ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 14 nmod:unmarked _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 rudder rudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 unmanageable unmanageable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 oars oar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ _ 30 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 tossing tossing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **splinter** | past · passive | | the mast | | | | above the sail yard | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **blow away** | past · passive | | the red sail sail | | | | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | the rudder | | | | | unmanageable *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | past · passive | | all oars | | | | useless *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **is a** | past | | the terrible winds and the tossing waves | | | | the tossing waves *conj* | tree rules | 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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/128/) - ↑ back to [The Flight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/)