The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, A Dreadful Vengeance, sentence 65

Instantly the broad-horned, mild-eyed creature which has played the part of Brown Bossy becomes a huge bear, grim and terrible; instantly all the milkers are turned to growling beasts; instantly the bright-eyed yearlings resume their proper forms and become fierce wolves snapping and snarling and eager for blood.

Who acts: horned eyed creature, eyed yearlings, fierce wolves, yearlings · What happens: play, become, turn, growl, resume, snap · To what, where: horned eyed creature, huge bear, milkers, beasts, proper forms, fierce wolves

This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, A Dreadful Vengeance. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (horned eyed creature, eyed yearlings, fierce wolves, yearlings), 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	Instantly	instantly	ADV	_	19 becomes	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 creature	det
3	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 horned	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 broad	punct
5	horned	horned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 creature	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 horned	punct
7	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 eyed	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 mild	punct
9	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 creature	amod
10	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 becomes	nsubj
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 played	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 played	aux
13	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 creature	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 part	det
15	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 played	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Bossy	case
17	Brown	Brown	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Bossy	compound
18	Bossy	Bossy	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 part	nmod
19	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 bear	det
21	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 bear	amod
22	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 becomes	xcomp
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 grim	punct
24	grim	grim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 bear	amod
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 terrible	cc
26	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 grim	conj
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 turned	punct
28	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	29 all	advmod
29	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	31 milkers	det:predet
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 milkers	det
31	milkers	milker	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 turned	nsubj
32	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 turned	aux:pass
33	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 becomes	advcl
34	to	to	ADP	_	35 growling	case
35	growling	growl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	33 turned	obl
36	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 growling	obj
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 resume	punct
38	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	44 resume	advmod
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 yearlings	det
40	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 eyed	amod
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 bright	punct
42	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 yearlings	amod
43	yearlings	yearling	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 resume	nsubj
44	resume	resume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 becomes	parataxis
45	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 forms	nmod:poss
46	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 forms	amod
47	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 resume	obj
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 become	cc
49	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 resume	conj
50	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 wolves	amod
51	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 become	xcomp
52	snapping	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	51 wolves	acl
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 snarling	cc
54	snarling	snarl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	52 snapping	conj
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 eager	cc
56	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 snapping	conj
57	for	for	ADP	_	58 blood	case
58	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 eager	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 becomes	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	play	present · perfect · passive		the horned eyed creature	the part of Brown Bossy obj	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary part=Theme
2	become	present	the horned eyed creature	a huge bear	instantly property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	turn	present · passive		all milkers		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
4	growl	gerund		beasts		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Topic
5	resume	present	the eyed yearlings	yearlings's proper forms	instantly property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Eventuality
6	become	present	the eyed yearlings not said here	fierce wolves		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
7	snap	gerund	fierce wolves not said here			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	snarl	gerund	fierce wolves not said here			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	form		yearlings = yearling			nom form «communication 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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The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, A Dreadful Vengeance, sentence 65