--- title: “To gather those gorgeous blossoms,” answered Wainamoinen; “to pick… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “To gather those gorgeous blossoms,” answered Wainamoinen; “to pick the rare fruit which you see; and, most of all, to bring down the white-faced moon and the seven golden stars that are playing among the branches. Who acts: Wainamoinen, you, most, seven golden stars. 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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 (Wainamoinen, you, most, seven golden stars), 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:pg66819:7:124 # text = “To gather those gorgeous blossoms,” answered Wainamoinen; “to pick the rare fruit which you see; and, most of all, to bring down the white-faced moon and the seven golden stars that are playing among the branches. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 gather gather VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 gorgeous gorgeous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 Wainamoinen Wainamoinen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 30 down down ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 faced faced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 39 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 44 among among ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | that gorgeous blossoms | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blossom=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Wainamoinen | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pick** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the rare fruit | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | the rare fruit | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 5 | **bring down** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | most of all | the faced moon | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent moon=Theme | | 6 | **play** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the seven golden stars | | | | | among the branches; that *nsubj* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/7/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/7/125/) - ↑ back to [The Smithy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/7/)