--- title: Her face was grim with determination, her eyes shone green with the… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Her face was grim with determination, her eyes shone green with the joy of expected triumph, the sound of her harsh voice rose high above the din of clashing oars and dashing waves and the shouts and cries of pursuers and pursued. Who acts: face, eyes, sound, din. 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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 (face, eyes, sound, din), 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:pg66819:37:82 # text = Her face was grim with determination, her eyes shone green with the joy of expected triumph, the sound of her harsh voice rose high above the din of clashing oars and dashing waves and the shouts and cries of pursuers and pursued. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 grim grim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 determination determination NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 harsh harsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 27 above above ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 din din NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 clashing clash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 32 oars oar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 dashing dash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 conj _ _ 35 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 pursuers pursuer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Mistress's face | | | | | with determination; grim *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **shine** | past | Mistress's eyes | | | | | green *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **expect** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rise** | past | the sound of Mistress's harsh voice | | | the din | | with the joy of expected triumph; high *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above din=Location | | 5 | **clash** | gerund | the din *not said here* | oars | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location oar=Theme | | 6 | **dash** | gerund | the din *not said here* | waves | | | | | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Patient | | 7 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the sound of Mistress's harsh voice *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | the sound of Mistress's harsh voice *not said here* | | | | | of pursuers | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **pursue** | past | pursuers *not said here* | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **joy** | | | expected triumph | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: of=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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/37/81/) - next →: [The Fate of the Sampo, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/38/1/) - ↑ back to [The Pursuit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/37/)