--- title: On my anvil gently will I beat you; With my tongs, then, deftly will… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: On my anvil gently will I beat you; With my tongs, then, deftly will I hold you; With my hammer I will shape and mould you Into forms so fair that all will prize you, Forms so rare that none will e’er despise you: Axes, knives (so men will wish to use you) Needles, pins (so women too, will choose yo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/5/62/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old No…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/) / [The Wicked Hornet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/5/) / 62 # The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Wicked Hornet, sentence 62 On my anvil gently will I beat you; With my tongs, then, deftly will I hold you; With my hammer I will shape and mould you Into forms so fair that all will prize you, Forms so rare that none will e’er despise you: Axes, knives (so men will wish to use you) Needles, pins (so women too, will choose you). **Who acts:** I, you, all, none, men, women · **What happens:** beat, hold, shape, mould, prize, e'er · **To what, where:** you, forms This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Wicked Hornet. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, all, none), 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:pg66819:5:62 # text = On my anvil gently will I beat you; With my tongs, then, deftly will I hold you; With my hammer I will shape and mould you Into forms so fair that all will prize you, Forms so rare that none will e’er despise you: Axes, knives (so men will wish to use you) Needles, pins (so women too, will choose you). 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 anvil anvil NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 gently gently ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 10 With with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 tongs tong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 deftly deftly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 22 With with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 shape shape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 mould mould NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 31 Into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 prize prize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 Forms Form PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 e’er e'er VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 csubj _ _ 48 despise despise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 51 Axes ax NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 knives knife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 conj _ _ 54 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 so so SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 parataxis _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 58 punct _ _ 63 Needles Needle PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 pins pin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 conj _ _ 66 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 so so ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 68 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj _ _ 69 too too ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 71 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 appos _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | future | I | you | | | | with my tongs; on my anvil; Axes and knives Needles and pins *obl*; gently *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent you=Instrument on anvil=Patient | | 2 | **hold** | future | I | you | | | then | deftly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 3 | **shape** | future | I | | | forms | | with my hammer | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into form=Product | | 4 | **mould** | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **prize** | future | all | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 6 | **e'er** | future | none | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **despise** | infinitive | none *not said here* | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 8 | **wish** | future | men | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **use** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | men *not said here* | you | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 10 | **choose** | future | women | you | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/5/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/5/63/) - ↑ back to [The Wicked Hornet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/5/)