The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Hero’s Return, sentence 50

Again he sat with the master Smith through the evening hours, and pleasantly discussed the charms of the Maid of Beauty; again in every dwelling he was a welcome visitor, and his voice was heard singing the sweet songs of the older times; and again the children of the village clustered round him to listen to his words of wisdom and to be taught the lore of the ancients.

Who acts: courage, voice, children, older times · What happens: sit, discuss, be, hear, sing, cluster · To what, where: dwelling, charms, welcome visitor, voice, sweet songs, lore

This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Hero’s Return. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (courage, voice, children, older times), 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	Again	again	ADV	_	3 sat	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 Smith	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Smith	det
6	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Smith	compound
7	Smith	Smith	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
8	through	through	ADP	_	11 hours	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hours	det
10	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hours	compound
11	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sat	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 discussed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 discussed	cc
14	pleasantly	pleasantly	ADV	_	15 discussed	advmod
15	discussed	discuss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 charms	det
17	charms	charm	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 discussed	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 Maid	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Maid	det
20	Maid	Maid	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 charms	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 Beauty	case
22	Beauty	Beauty	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Maid	nmod
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 again	punct
24	again	again	ADV	_	3 sat	advmod
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 dwelling	case
26	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	27 dwelling	det
27	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 visitor	nsubj
29	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 visitor	cop
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 visitor	det
31	welcome	welcome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 visitor	amod
32	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 dwelling	acl:relcl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 heard	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 heard	cc
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 voice	nmod:poss
36	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 heard	nsubj
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 heard	aux:pass
38	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sat	conj
39	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	38 heard	xcomp
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 songs	det
41	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 songs	amod
42	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 singing	obj
43	of	of	ADP	_	46 times	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 times	det
45	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	46 times	amod
46	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 songs	nmod
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 clustered	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 clustered	cc
49	again	again	ADV	_	51 children	advmod
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 children	det
51	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 clustered	nsubj
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 village	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 village	det
54	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 children	nmod
55	clustered	cluster	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
56	round	round	ADP	_	57 him	case
57	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 clustered	obl
58	to	to	PART	_	59 listen	mark
59	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 clustered	xcomp
60	to	to	ADP	_	62 words	case
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 words	nmod:poss
62	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 listen	obl
63	of	of	ADP	_	64 wisdom	case
64	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 words	nmod
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 taught	cc
66	to	to	PART	_	68 taught	mark
67	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	68 taught	aux:pass
68	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 listen	conj
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 lore	det
70	lore	lore	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 taught	obj
71	of	of	ADP	_	73 ancients	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 ancients	det
73	ancients	ancient	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 lore	nmod
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	courage		every dwelling	again; again; hour	with the master Smith	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in dwelling=Location
2	discuss speech: other	past	courage not said here	the charms of the Maid of Beauty			pleasantly property	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Topic
3	is a	past	courage	a welcome visitor				tree rules
4	hear	past · passive		courage's voice				tree rules
5	sing speech: express	gerund	courage's voice not said here	the sweet songs of the older times				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
6	cluster	past	the children of the village				round courage	tree rules
7	listen	to-infinitive	the children of the village not said here				to courage's words of wisdom	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme
8	teach speech: other	to-infinitive · passive	the children of the village not said here	the lore of the ancients				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: lore=Recipient
9	sing		the older times					nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent
10	word		courage	wisdom				nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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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The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Hero’s Return, sentence 50