--- title: “O Jumala!” he prayed, “O Jumala, thou giver of blessings, grant tha… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “O Jumala!” he prayed, “O Jumala, thou giver of blessings, grant that these small fragments of the mill of fortune may take root and flourish and in time bring great joy and many comforts to the dear people of this pleasant land.” Who acts: Jumala, thou, small fragments. 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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 (Jumala, thou, small fragments), 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:pg66819:38:109 # text = “O Jumala!” he prayed, “O Jumala, thou giver of blessings, grant that these small fragments of the mill of fortune may take root and flourish and in time bring great joy and many comforts to the dear people of this pleasant land.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 O o INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 3 Jumala Jumala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 O o INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 11 Jumala Jumala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 14 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 blessings blessing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 grant grant NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 20 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 21 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 fragments fragment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 30 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 flourish flourish NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 36 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 comforts comfort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 48 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | Jumala | Jumala | | | | treasure *nsubj* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **giver** *in a quote* | | thou | | | | | of blessings | tree rules | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | may | this small fragments of the mill of fortune | grant | | | | root and flourish *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument that=Theme root=Destination | | 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | this small fragments of the mill of fortune *not said here* | great joy and many comforts | the dear people of this pleasant land | | time | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent joy=Theme to people=Destination | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/38/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/38/110/) - ↑ back to [The Fate of the Sampo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/38/)