--- title: A sunny smile overspread his face, and his eyes twinkled for joy; fo… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: A sunny smile overspread his face, and his eyes twinkled for joy; for was he not again in his own dear home land, and would he not soon grasp the hands of his kinsmen and friends whom he had not seen for many months? Who acts: sunny smile, eyes, smile. 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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 (sunny smile, eyes, smile), 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:pg66819:7:3 # text = A sunny smile overspread his face, and his eyes twinkled for joy; for was he not again in his own dear home land, and would he not soon grasp the hands of his kinsmen and friends whom he had not seen for many months? 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sunny sunny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 overspread overspread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 twinkled twinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 23 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 32 grasp grasp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 kinsmen kinsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 40 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overspread** | past | a sunny smile | smile's face | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **twinkle** | past | smile's eyes | | | | | for joy | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | smile | | | | again | for smile's own dear home land | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **grasp** | would | smile | the hands of smile's kinsmen and friends | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | smile | smile's kinsmen and friends | | | month | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/7/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/7/4/) - ↑ back to [The Smithy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/7/)