--- title: “‘Take the tips of two swan feathers; Add the milk of a young heifer… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: “‘Take the tips of two swan feathers; Add the milk of a young heifer; Add a single grain of barley; Mix and stir with wool of lambkin; Heat the mixture, quickly, rightly; In a magic caldron boil it; On a magic anvil beat it; Hammer its lid of many colors; Furnish it with wheels and levers; Set it up --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/60/) [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 Recipe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/) / 60 # The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Recipe, sentence 60 “‘Take the tips of two swan feathers; Add the milk of a young heifer; Add a single grain of barley; Mix and stir with wool of lambkin; Heat the mixture, quickly, rightly; In a magic caldron boil it; On a magic anvil beat it; Hammer its lid of many colors; Furnish it with wheels and levers; Set it up, and start it going.’” **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** take, add, stir, heat, boil, beat · **To what, where:** tips, milk, single grain, mixture, magician This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Recipe. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you), 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:pg66819:9:60 # text = “‘Take the tips of two swan feathers; Add the milk of a young heifer; Add a single grain of barley; Mix and stir with wool of lambkin; Heat the mixture, quickly, rightly; In a magic caldron boil it; On a magic anvil beat it; Hammer its lid of many colors; Furnish it with wheels and levers; Set it up, and start it going.’” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tips tip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Add add VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Add add VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Mix Mix PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 stir stir VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 lambkin lambkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Heat heat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 mixture mixture NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 42 In in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 caldron caldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 46 boil boil VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 49 On on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 anvil anvil NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 53 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 Hammer Hammer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 57 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 63 Furnish furnish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 levers lever NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ; ; PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 70 Set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 71 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ _ 72 up up ADP RP _ 70 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 start start VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 76 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ _ 77 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 75 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the tips of two swan feathers | | | | Mix *obl*; magician's Hammer lid of many colors *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Theme | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the milk of a young heifer | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a single grain of barley | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient | | 4 | **stir** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with wool of lambkin | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V PP ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient with wool=Co-Patient | | 5 | **heat** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the mixture | | | | quickly, rightly *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mixture=Patient | | 6 | **boil** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | mixture | | | | in a magic caldron | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient in caldron=Instrument | | 7 | **beat** *in a quote* | present | | mixture | | | | on a magic anvil | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Instrument on anvil=Patient | | 8 | **furnish** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | magician | | | | with wheels and levers | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Recipient with wheel=Theme | | 9 | **set up** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | magician | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | | 10 | **start** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | magician | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | you *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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/61/) - ↑ back to [The Recipe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/9/)