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The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Unfinished Boat, sentence 30

At last, when the wild geese were again honking in the quiet fjords and the frogs were making the marshes musical, he perfected a secret plan by which he hoped to win the object of his desires, and at the same time add much to his already matchless fame.

Who acts: wild geese, maiden · What happens: honk, make, perfect, hope, win, add · To what, where: quiet fjords, marshes, secret plan, last, object, much

This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Unfinished Boat. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wild geese, maiden), 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

caseoblpunctadvmoddetamodnsubjauxadvmodparataxiscasedetamodoblccdetconjauxconjdetobjxcomppunctnsubjdetamodobjcaseoblnsubjaclmarkxcompdetobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctcccasedetamodoblconjobjcasenmod:possadvmodamodnmodpunctrootAtADPlastADJ,PUNCTwhenADVtheDETwildADJgeeseNOUNwereAUXagainADVhonkingVERBinADPtheDETquietADJfjordsNOUNandCCONJtheDETfrogsNOUNwereAUXmakingVERBtheDETmarshesNOUNmusicalADJ,PUNCThePRONperfectedVERBaDETsecretADJplanNOUNbyADPwhichPRONhePRONhopedVERBtoPARTwinVERBtheDETobjectNOUNofADPhisPRONdesiresNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJatADPtheDETsameADJtimeNOUNaddVERBmuchADJtoADPhisPRONalreadyADVmatchlessADJfameNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_2 lastcase
2lastlastADJDegree=Pos25 perfectedobl
3,,PUNCT_10 honkingpunct
4whenwhenADVPronType=Int10 honkingadvmod
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 geesedet
6wildwildADJDegree=Pos7 geeseamod
7geesegooseNOUNNumber=Plur10 honkingnsubj
8werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 honkingaux
9againagainADV_10 honkingadvmod
10honkinghonkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 lastparataxis
11ininADP_14 fjordscase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 fjordsdet
13quietquietADJDegree=Pos14 fjordsamod
14fjordsfjordNOUNNumber=Plur10 honkingobl
15andandCCONJ_17 frogscc
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 frogsdet
17frogsfrogNOUNNumber=Plur14 fjordsconj
18werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 makingaux
19makingmakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 honkingconj
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 marshesdet
21marshesmarshNOUNNumber=Plur19 makingobj
22musicalmusicalADJDegree=Pos19 makingxcomp
23,,PUNCT_2 lastpunct
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 perfectednsubj
25perfectedperfectVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 plandet
27secretsecretADJDegree=Pos28 planamod
28planplanNOUNNumber=Sing25 perfectedobj
29bybyADP_30 whichcase
30whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel32 hopedobl
31hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 hopednsubj
32hopedhopeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 planacl
33totoPART_34 winmark
34winwinVERBVerbForm=Inf32 hopedxcomp
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 objectdet
36objectobjectNOUNNumber=Sing34 winobj
37ofofADP_39 desirescase
38hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 desiresnmod:poss
39desiresdesireNOUNNumber=Plur36 objectnmod
40,,PUNCT_46 addpunct
41andandCCONJ_46 addcc
42atatADP_45 timecase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 timedet
44samesameADJDegree=Pos45 timeamod
45timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing46 addobl
46addaddVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin25 perfectedconj
47muchmuchADJDegree=Pos46 addobj
48totoADP_52 famecase
49hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 famenmod:poss
50alreadyalreadyADV_51 matchlessadvmod
51matchlessmatchlessADJDegree=Pos52 fameamod
52famefameNOUNNumber=Sing47 muchnmod
53..PUNCT_25 perfectedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1honkpast · progressivethe wild geesethe quiet fjords and the frogsagainvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fjord=Location
2makepast · progressivethe wild geese not said herethe marshesmusical propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset marsh=Product
3perfectpastmaidena secret planlastvn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent plan=Patient
4hopepastmaidenby a secret planvn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5win not said to happento-infinitivemaiden not said herethe object of maiden's desiresvn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Eventuality
6add speech: assertpresentmaiden not said heremuchtimeto maiden's matchless famevn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent much=Patient to fame=Co-Patient
7desiremaidennom desire «feeling 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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