--- title: The color returned to their cheeks; their eyes, so long tear-wet, no… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: The color returned to their cheeks; their eyes, so long tear-wet, now sparkled with joy; with songs of gladness they woke the echoes of the sea, and cheered the laboring oarsmen. Who acts: color, tears, gladness. 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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 (color, tears, gladness), 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:pg66819:36:156 # text = The color returned to their cheeks; their eyes, so long tear-wet, now sparkled with joy; with songs of gladness they woke the echoes of the sea, and cheered the laboring oarsmen. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tear tear NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 sparkled sparkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 gladness gladness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 echoes echo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 cheered cheer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 laboring labor VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ _ 38 oarsmen oarsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the color | colors's eyes | | | | to colors's cheeks *result*; with songs of gladness | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to cheek=Result | | 2 | **sparkle** | participle | the color *not said here* | | | | now | with joy | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with joy=Theme | | 3 | **wake** | past | tears *= tear* | the echoes of the sea | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent echo=Patient | | 4 | **cheer** | past | the color *not said here* | the laboring oarsmen | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus oarsman=Experiencer | | 5 | **labor** | gerund | | | | | | | vn work-73.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sing** | | gladness | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/155/) - next →: [sentence 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/157/) - ↑ back to [The Flight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/)