--- title: She therefore seized the pictured cover with her monstrous beak, she… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: She therefore seized the pictured cover with her monstrous beak, she pulled it from its place, and, twisting it until it broke into three jagged pieces, she cast it into the sea. Who acts: Pohyola, Sampo. 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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 (Pohyola, Sampo), 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:pg66819:38:78 # text = She therefore seized the pictured cover with her monstrous beak, she pulled it from its place, and, twisting it until it broke into three jagged pieces, she cast it into the sea. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 pictured picture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 cover cover NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 monstrous monstrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 twisting twist VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 until until SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 28 jagged jagged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | Pohyola | the pictured cover | | | | with Pohyola's monstrous beak; therefore *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Theme | | 2 | **picture** | participle | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pull** | past | Pohyola | cover | | Sampo's place | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from place=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **twist** | gerund | Pohyola *not said here* | Sampo | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **break** | past | Sampo | | | | | into three jagged pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into piece=Result | | 6 | **cast** | past | Pohyola | Sampo | | the sea | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into sea=Product | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/38/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/38/79/) - ↑ back to [The Fate of the Sampo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/38/)