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title: For suddenly he had thought of the promise he had given her—“I will… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics
description: For suddenly he had thought of the promise he had given her—“I will send you Ilmarinen, the skilfulest of smiths; he will forge the Sampo for you.” Who acts: Mistress, promise. A sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Tree of Magic, with its dependency tree and
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# The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Tree of Magic, sentence 34

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For suddenly he had thought of the promise he had given her—“I will send you Ilmarinen, the skilfulest of smiths; he will forge the Sampo for you.”

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**Who acts:** Mistress, promise · **What happens:** think, give, send, forge · **To what, where:** Mistress, Ilmarinen, you, Sampo · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Tree of Magic. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mistress, promise), 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:pg66819:6:34
# text = For suddenly he had thought of the promise he had given her—“I will send you Ilmarinen, the skilfulest of smiths; he will forge the Sampo for you.”
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	advcl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	iobj	_	_
19	Ilmarinen	Ilmarinen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	skilfulest	skilful	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	parataxis	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	smiths	smith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	forge	forge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Sampo	Sampo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	28	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect | Mistress |  |  |  |  | of the promise; suddenly *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | the promise *not said here* | Mistress |  |  |  | shout *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme |
| 3 | **send** *in a quote* | future | Mistress | Ilmarinen | you |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination ilmarinen=Theme |
| 4 | **forge** *in a quote* | future | Mistress | the Sampo |  |  |  | for you | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sampo=Product for you=Beneficiary |

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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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