--- title: The heroes pressed forward to the entrance, eager to see what the ca… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: The heroes pressed forward to the entrance, eager to see what the cave contained; and lo! as they looked within, they saw the Sampo with its lid of many colors standing in its place in the middle of the strongly built prison. Who acts: heroes, doors, 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 (heroes, doors, 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:pg66819:36:25 # text = The heroes pressed forward to the entrance, eager to see what the cave contained; and lo! as they looked within, they saw the Sampo with its lid of many colors standing in its place in the middle of the strongly built prison. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 15 contained contain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 lo lo INTJ UH _ 22 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ! ! PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 within within ADP IN _ 26 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Sampo Sampo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 46 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press forward** | past | the heroes | | | | | to the entrance; forward *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the heroes *not said here* | | | | | what the cave *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **contain** | participle | | the cave *not said here* | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **look** | past | doors *= door* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | past | doors *= door* | the Sampo | | | | with cave's lid of many colors | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sampo=Stimulus | | 6 | **stand** | gerund | many colors *not said here* | | | cave's place in the middle of the built prison | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 7 | **build** | participle | | | | | | strongly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/26/) - ↑ back to [The Flight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/36/)