--- title: Grant that we may live in joy and comfort, and when our span of life… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Grant that we may live in joy and comfort, and when our span of life is ended, let us die in peace and hope, loved by all who know us, and worthy to be honored through the ages.” Who acts: Grant, us. 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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 (Grant, us), 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:pg66819:38:133 # text = Grant that we may live in joy and comfort, and when our span of life is ended, let us die in peace and hope, loved by all who know us, and worthy to be honored through the ages.” 1 Grant grant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 13 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 span span NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 obl _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 honored honor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ _ 40 through through ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | may | Grant | | | joy and comfort | | that *nsubj*; we *nsubj* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in joy=Location | | 2 | **end** | present · passive | | our span of life | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **die** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | in peace and hope | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in peace=Attribute | | 5 | **love** | participle | | peace and hope *not said here* | | | | by all | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **know** | present | | us | | | | who *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus | | 7 | **honor** | to-infinitive · passive | Grant *not said here* | | | | through the ages | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» | 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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/38/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/38/134/) - ↑ back to [The Fate of the Sampo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/38/)