--- title: Every now and then, as he went down the slope, he paused to try the… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: Every now and then, as he went down the slope, he paused to try the healing mixture on splintered rocks and broken bowlders; and he smiled as he saw the rough stones knit themselves together and the gaping fissures close up and disappear. Who acts: pot, rough stones, gaping fissures. 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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 (pot, rough stones, gaping fissures), 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:pg66819:4:112 # text = Every now and then, as he went down the slope, he paused to try the healing mixture on splintered rocks and broken bowlders; and he smiled as he saw the rough stones knit themselves together and the gaping fissures close up and disappear. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 down down ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 slope slope NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 paused pause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 healing heal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 amod _ _ 19 mixture mixture NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 splintered splinter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 22 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 broken broken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 bowlders bowlder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 knit knit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 37 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 together together ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 gaping gaping NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 fissures fissure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 close close VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 disappear disappear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past | pot | the slope | | | now; then | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient slope=Extent | | 2 | **pause** | past | pot | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **try** | to-infinitive | pot *not said here* | the healing mixture | | splintered rocks and broken bowlders | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mixture=Eventuality | | 4 | **heal** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **splinter** | participle | | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **smile** | past | pot | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **see** | past | pot | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **knit** | present | the rough stones | stones *= stone* | | | | together *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Product | | 9 | **close up** | present | the gaping fissures | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **disappear** | infinitive | the gaping fissures *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/4/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/4/113/) - ↑ back to [The Graybeard and His Son](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/4/)