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title: The screams of frightened maidens, the moans of the wounded and the… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics
description: The screams of frightened maidens, the moans of the wounded and the dying, the victorious cries of the warriors, and the despairing lamentations of the heroes—all these sounds were mingled in one awful chorus. Who acts: screams, frightened maidens, warriors. A sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale o
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# The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Fate of the Sampo, sentence 58

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The screams of frightened maidens, the moans of the wounded and the dying, the victorious cries of the warriors, and the despairing lamentations of the heroes—all these sounds were mingled in one awful chorus.

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**Who acts:** screams, frightened maidens, warriors · **What happens:** die, despair, mingle, scream, cry, lament · **To what, where:** despairing lamentations, one awful chorus, screams, heroes

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This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Fate of the Sampo. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (screams, frightened maidens, warriors), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66819:38:58
# text = The screams of frightened maidens, the moans of the wounded and the dying, the victorious cries of the warriors, and the despairing lamentations of the heroes—all these sounds were mingled in one awful chorus.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	screams	scream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	frightened	frightened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	moans	moan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	victorious	victorious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	cries	cry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	despairing	despair	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	26	amod	_	_
26	lamentations	lamentation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	33	det:predet	_	_
32	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	33	det	_	_
33	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
35	mingled	mingle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	nummod	_	_
38	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	chorus	chorus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **despair** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **mingle** | past · passive | the screams of frightened maidens and the moans of the wounded and the victorious cries of the warriors *not said here* | the despairing lamentations of the heroes |  | one awful chorus |  | all sounds *nsubj:pass* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **scream** |  | frightened maidens and the moans of the wounded and the victorious cries of the warriors |  |  |  |  |  | nom scream «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
| 6 | **cry** |  | the warriors |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
| 7 | **lament** |  |  | the heroes |  |  |  |  | nom lamentation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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