--- title: As they drew near to the hill, however, they could hear the magic Sa… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: As they drew near to the hill, however, they could hear the magic Sampo grinding, grinding in its darksome prison; they could hear the lid of many colors turning, turning, and pouring out wealth without cessation. Who acts: maidens, magic, many colors. 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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 (maidens, magic, many colors), 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:pg66819:36:17 # text = As they drew near to the hill, however, they could hear the magic Sampo grinding, grinding in its darksome prison; they could hear the lid of many colors turning, turning, and pouring out wealth without cessation. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 4 near near ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 however however ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 Sampo Sampo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 17 grinding grind VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 grinding grind VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 conj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 darksome darksome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 pouring pour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 advcl _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 without without ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 cessation cessation NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | maidens *= maiden* | | | the hill | | near *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to hill=Destination | | 2 | **hear** | could | maidens *= maiden* | the magic | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **grind** | gerund | the magic *not said here* | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **grind** | gerund | the magic *not said here* | | | hill's darksome prison | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **hear** | could | maidens *= maiden* | the lid of many colors | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lid=Stimulus | | 6 | **turn** | gerund | many colors *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **turn** | gerund | many colors *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **pour out** | gerund | many colors *not said here* | wealth | | | | without cessation | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Patient | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/18/) - ↑ back to [The Flight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/)