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The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Hero’s Return, sentence 55

And when the time comes for you to cross the dark river you need have no fears of King Tuoni, for messengers of light will lead you into the valley of rest prepared for the good and the true.

Who acts: time, you, dark river, messengers · What happens: come, cross, need, have, lead, prepare · To what, where: dark river, fears, you, valley, rest, King Tuoni

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 (time, you, dark river, messengers), 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

ccmarkdetnsubjmarknsubjmarkparataxisdetcompoundnsubjnsubjacl:relclparataxisdetobjcasecompoundnmodpunctcasensubjcasenmodauxparataxisobjcasedetoblcasenmodaclcasedetoblccdetconjpunctrootAndCCONJwhenSCONJtheDETtimeNOUNcomesVERBforSCONJyouPRONtoPARTcrossVERBtheDETdarkNOUNriverNOUNyouPRONneedVERBhaveVERBnoDETfearsNOUNofADPKingPROPNTuoniPROPN,PUNCTforADPmessengersNOUNofADPlightNOUNwillAUXleadVERByouPRONintoADPtheDETvalleyNOUNofADPrestNOUNpreparedVERBforADPtheDETgoodADJandCCONJtheDETtrueADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_5 comescc
2whenwhenSCONJ_5 comesmark
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 timedet
4timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing5 comesnsubj
5comescomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6forforSCONJ_9 crossmark
7youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 crossnsubj
8totoPART_9 crossmark
9crosscrossVERBVerbForm=Inf5 comesparataxis
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 riverdet
11darkdarkNOUNNumber=Sing12 rivercompound
12riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing15 havensubj
13youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs14 neednsubj
14needneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 riveracl:relcl
15havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 crossparataxis
16nonoDETPronType=Neg17 fearsdet
17fearsfearNOUNNumber=Plur15 haveobj
18ofofADP_20 Tuonicase
19KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing20 Tuonicompound
20TuoniTuoniPROPNNumber=Sing17 fearsnmod
21,,PUNCT_23 messengerspunct
22forforADP_23 messengerscase
23messengersmessengerNOUNNumber=Plur27 leadnsubj
24ofofADP_25 lightcase
25lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing23 messengersnmod
26willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin27 leadaux
27leadleadVERBVerbForm=Inf15 haveparataxis
28youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs27 leadobj
29intointoADP_31 valleycase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 valleydet
31valleyvalleyNOUNNumber=Sing27 leadobl
32ofofADP_33 restcase
33restrestNOUNNumber=Sing31 valleynmod
34preparedprepareVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass33 restacl
35forforADP_37 goodcase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 gooddet
37goodgoodADJDegree=Pos34 preparedobl
38andandCCONJ_40 truecc
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 truedet
40truetrueADJDegree=Pos37 goodconj
41..PUNCT_5 comespunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresentthe timevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2crossto-infinitiveyouvn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3needpresentyouthe dark river not said herevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot river=Theme
4havepresentthe dark riverno fears of King Tuonivn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient
5leadfuturemessengers of lightyouthe valley of restvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme into valley=Destination
6prepareparticiplerest not said herefor the goodvn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary
7fearKing Tuoninom fear «feeling 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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