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The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Fate of the Sampo, sentence 81

Slowly, as in pain, she spread her wings and rose from the crimson deck all strewn with fragments; but, as she leaped high into the air, she seized with her one indescribable finger a single small, three-cornered piece of the precious Sampo; with the strength of despair she clutched it within her crooked claw.

Who acts: Pohyola · What happens: spread, rise, leap, seize, corner, clutch · To what, where: wings, pain, crimson deck, air, single small cornered piece, piece

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

advmodpunctmarkcaseoblpunctnsubjnmod:possobjccconjcasedetamodobladvmodxcompcaseoblpunctccpunctmarknsubjadvcladvmodcasedetoblpunctnsubjparataxiscasenmod:possnummodamodobldetamodamodpunctcompoundpunctamodobjcasedetamodnmodpunctcasedetoblcasenmodnsubjconjobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootSlowlyADV,PUNCTasSCONJinADPpainNOUN,PUNCTshePRONspreadVERBherPRONwingsNOUNandCCONJroseVERBfromADPtheDETcrimsonADJdeckNOUNallDETstrewnADJwithADPfragmentsNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJ,PUNCTasSCONJshePRONleapedVERBhighADVintoADPtheDETairNOUN,PUNCTshePRONseizedVERBwithADPherPRONoneNUMindescribableADJfingerNOUNaDETsingleADJsmallADJ,PUNCTthreeNUM-PUNCTcorneredVERBpieceNOUNofADPtheDETpreciousADJSampoPROPN;PUNCTwithADPtheDETstrengthNOUNofADPdespairNOUNshePRONclutchedVERBitPRONwithinADPherPRONcrookedADJclawNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SlowlyslowlyADV_8 spreadadvmod
2,,PUNCT_8 spreadpunct
3asasSCONJ_8 spreadmark
4ininADP_5 paincase
5painpainNOUNNumber=Sing8 spreadobl
6,,PUNCT_5 painpunct
7sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 spreadnsubj
8spreadspreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 wingsnmod:poss
10wingswingNOUNNumber=Plur8 spreadobj
11andandCCONJ_12 rosecc
12roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 spreadconj
13fromfromADP_16 deckcase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 deckdet
15crimsoncrimsonADJDegree=Pos16 deckamod
16deckdeckNOUNNumber=Sing12 roseobl
17allallDETPronType=Tot18 strewnadvmod
18strewnstrewnADJDegree=Pos12 rosexcomp
19withwithADP_20 fragmentscase
20fragmentsfragmentNOUNNumber=Plur18 strewnobl
21;;PUNCT_33 seizedpunct
22butbutCCONJ_33 seizedcc
23,,PUNCT_22 butpunct
24asasSCONJ_26 leapedmark
25sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 leapednsubj
26leapedleapVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 seizedadvcl
27highhighADVDegree=Pos26 leapedadvmod
28intointoADP_30 aircase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 airdet
30airairNOUNNumber=Sing26 leapedobl
31,,PUNCT_26 leapedpunct
32sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 seizednsubj
33seizedseizeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 spreadparataxis
34withwithADP_38 fingercase
35herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 fingernmod:poss
36oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card38 fingernummod
37indescribableindescribableADJDegree=Pos38 fingeramod
38fingerfingerNOUNNumber=Sing33 seizedobl
39aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art46 piecedet
40singlesingleADJDegree=Pos46 pieceamod
41smallsmallADJDegree=Pos46 pieceamod
42,,PUNCT_46 piecepunct
43threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card45 corneredcompound
44--PUNCT_43 threepunct
45corneredcornerVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass46 pieceamod
46piecepieceNOUNNumber=Sing33 seizedobj
47ofofADP_50 Sampocase
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 Sampodet
49preciouspreciousADJDegree=Pos50 Sampoamod
50SampoSampoPROPNNumber=Sing46 piecenmod
51;;PUNCT_58 clutchedpunct
52withwithADP_54 strengthcase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 strengthdet
54strengthstrengthNOUNNumber=Sing58 clutchedobl
55ofofADP_56 despaircase
56despairdespairNOUNNumber=Sing54 strengthnmod
57sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs58 clutchednsubj
58clutchedclutchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 seizedconj
59ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs58 clutchedobj
60withinwithinADP_63 clawcase
61herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs63 clawnmod:poss
62crookedcrookedADJDegree=Pos63 clawamod
63clawclawNOUNNumber=Sing58 clutchedobl
64..PUNCT_8 spreadpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spreadpastPohyolaPohyola's wingspainslowly propertyvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wing=Theme in pain=Destination
2risepastPohyola not said herethe crimson deckstrewn propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from deck=Initial_Location
3leappastPohyolathe airhigh propertyvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into air=Destination
4seizepastPohyolaa single small cornered piece of the precious Sampowith Pohyola's one indescribable fingervn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
5cornerparticiplethree compoundtree rules
6clutchpastPohyolapiecewith the strength of despair; within Pohyola's crooked clawvn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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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