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The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Hag of the Rock, sentence 65

His voice came to him, and he muttered a spell of enchantment; he recited the runes which no other wizard knew; in the midst of the whelming waters he cried aloud and sang weird songs to charm the evil powers that were seeking to entrap and destroy him.

Who acts: voice, Wainamoinen, other wizard, charm · What happens: come, mutter, recite, know, whelm, cry · To what, where: Wainamoinen, spell, runes, midst, whelming waters, weird songs

This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Hag of the Rock. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (voice, Wainamoinen, other wizard, charm), 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

nmod:possnsubjcaseoblpunctccnsubjconjdetobjcasenmodpunctnsubjparataxisdetobjobjdetamodnsubjacl:relclpunctcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodnsubjacl:relcladvmodccconjamodobjmarknsubjdetamodnsubjnsubjauxadvclmarkxcompccconjobjpunctrootHisPRONvoiceNOUNcameVERBtoADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONmutteredVERBaDETspellNOUNofADPenchantmentNOUN;PUNCThePRONrecitedVERBtheDETrunesNOUNwhichPRONnoDETotherADJwizardNOUNknewVERB;PUNCTinADPtheDETmidstNOUNofADPtheDETwhelmingVERBwatersNOUNhePRONcriedVERBaloudADVandCCONJsangVERBweirdADJsongsNOUNtoPARTcharmNOUNtheDETevilADJpowersNOUNthatPRONwereAUXseekingVERBtoPARTentrapVERBandCCONJdestroyVERBhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 voicenmod:poss
2voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing3 camensubj
3camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoADP_5 himcase
5himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 cameobl
6,,PUNCT_9 mutteredpunct
7andandCCONJ_9 mutteredcc
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 mutterednsubj
9mutteredmutterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 cameconj
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 spelldet
11spellspellNOUNNumber=Sing9 mutteredobj
12ofofADP_13 enchantmentcase
13enchantmentenchantmentNOUNNumber=Sing11 spellnmod
14;;PUNCT_16 recitedpunct
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 recitednsubj
16recitedreciteVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 cameparataxis
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 runesdet
18runesruneNOUNNumber=Plur16 recitedobj
19whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel23 knewobj
20nonoDETPronType=Neg22 wizarddet
21otherotherADJDegree=Pos22 wizardamod
22wizardwizardNOUNNumber=Sing23 knewnsubj
23knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 runesacl:relcl
24;;PUNCT_27 midstpunct
25ininADP_27 midstcase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 midstdet
27midstmidstNOUNNumber=Sing16 recitedobl
28ofofADP_31 waterscase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 watersdet
30whelmingwhelmVERBVerbForm=Ger31 watersamod
31waterswaterNOUNNumber=Plur27 midstnmod
32hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 criednsubj
33criedcryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 watersacl:relcl
34aloudaloudADV_33 criedadvmod
35andandCCONJ_36 sangcc
36sangsingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 recitedconj
37weirdweirdADJDegree=Pos38 songsamod
38songssongNOUNNumber=Plur36 sangobj
39totoPART_46 seekingmark
40charmcharmNOUNNumber=Sing46 seekingnsubj
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 powersdet
42evilevilADJDegree=Pos43 powersamod
43powerspowerNOUNNumber=Plur46 seekingnsubj
44thatthatPRONPronType=Rel46 seekingnsubj
45werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 seekingaux
46seekingseekVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part36 sangadvcl
47totoPART_48 entrapmark
48entrapentrapVERBVerbForm=Inf46 seekingxcomp
49andandCCONJ_50 destroycc
50destroydestroyVERBVerbForm=Inf48 entrapconj
51himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs50 destroyobj
52..PUNCT_3 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastWainamoinen's voiceWainamoinenvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location
2mutter speech: assertpastWainamoinena spell of enchantmentvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Topic
3recitepastWainamoinenthe runesthe midst of the whelming watersvn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rune=Theme
4knowpastno other wizardthe runesvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus
5whelmgerundtree rules
6cry speech: expresspastWainamoinenthe whelming waters not said herealoud propertyvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic
7sing speech: expresspastWainamoinen not said hereweird songsvn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
8seekpast · progressivecharmthe evil powers nsubj; that nsubjtree rules
9entrap not said to happento-infinitivecharm not said herevn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10destroyinfinitivecharm not said hereWainamoinenvn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
11spellenchantmentnom spell «state transitive»: of=patient

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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