The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Caldron, sentence 96
Its hull was painted blue and yellow, its ribs were golden, its prow was of copper, and its sails were of white linen whereon were depicted most wonderful figures of dragons and savage beasts; and on its deck and within its hold were all manner of weapons of war—axes and spears, bows and arrows, sharp daggers and gleaming swords.
Who acts: ribs, prow, sails, deck, sea · What happens: paint, be, depict, gleam, figure, hold · To what, where: hull, wonderful figures, manner, swords, dragons
This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Caldron. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ribs, prow, sails, deck), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 hull | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hull | hull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 painted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 painted | aux:pass |
| 4 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 painted | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 yellow | cc |
| 7 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 blue | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 golden | punct |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 ribs | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ribs | rib | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 golden | nsubj |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 golden | cop |
| 12 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 painted | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 copper | punct |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 prow | nmod:poss |
| 15 | prow | prow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 copper | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 copper | cop |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 copper | case |
| 18 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 golden | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 linen | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 linen | cc |
| 21 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 sails | nmod:poss |
| 22 | sails | sail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 linen | nsubj |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 linen | cop |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 linen | case |
| 25 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 linen | amod |
| 26 | linen | linen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 painted | parataxis |
| 27 | whereon | whereon | ADV | PronType=Int | 29 depicted | advmod |
| 28 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 depicted | aux:pass |
| 29 | depicted | depict | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 linen | advcl |
| 30 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 31 wonderful | advmod |
| 31 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 figures | amod |
| 32 | figures | figure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 depicted | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 dragons | case |
| 34 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 figures | nmod |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 beasts | cc |
| 36 | savage | savage | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 beasts | amod |
| 37 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 dragons | conj |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 manner | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 deck | cc |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 deck | case |
| 41 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 deck | nmod:poss |
| 42 | deck | deck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 manner | nsubj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 hold | cc |
| 44 | within | within | ADP | _ | 46 hold | case |
| 45 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 hold | nmod:poss |
| 46 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 deck | conj |
| 47 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 manner | cop |
| 48 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 49 manner | det |
| 49 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 painted | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 weapons | case |
| 51 | weapons | weapon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 manner | nmod |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 war | case |
| 53 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 weapons | nmod |
| 54 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 axes | punct |
| 55 | axes | ax | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 painted | obl |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 spears | cc |
| 57 | spears | spear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 axes | conj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 bows | punct |
| 59 | bows | bow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 axes | conj |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 arrows | cc |
| 61 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 axes | conj |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 daggers | punct |
| 63 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 daggers | amod |
| 64 | daggers | dagger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 axes | conj |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 gleaming | cc |
| 66 | gleaming | gleam | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 painted | conj |
| 67 | swords | sword | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 gleaming | obj |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 painted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | past · passive | sea's hull | axes and spears and bows and arrows and sharp daggers obl; blue property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 2 | is | past | sea's ribs | golden property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | sea's prow | of copper | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | past | sea's sails | of white linen | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | depict | past · passive | sea's sails not said here | wonderful figures of dragons and savage beasts | whereon property | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: figure=Theme | |||
| 6 | is a | past | sea's deck and sea's hold | all manner | of weapons of war | tree rules | |||
| 7 | gleam | gerund | swords | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | |||||
| 8 | figure | dragons and savage beasts | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | hold | sea | nom hold «act transitive»: poss=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.
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