The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Wicked Hornet, sentence 62

On my anvil gently will I beat you; With my tongs, then, deftly will I hold you; With my hammer I will shape and mould you Into forms so fair that all will prize you, Forms so rare that none will e’er despise you: Axes, knives (so men will wish to use you) Needles, pins (so women too, will choose you).

Who acts: I, you, all, none, men, women · What happens: beat, hold, shape, mould, prize, e'er · To what, where: you, forms

This is a sentence of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, The Wicked Hornet. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, all, none), 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	On	on	ADP	_	3 anvil	case
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 anvil	nmod:poss
3	anvil	anvil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beat	obl
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	7 beat	advmod
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 beat	aux
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 beat	nsubj
7	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 beat	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 beat	punct
10	With	with	ADP	_	12 tongs	case
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tongs	nmod:poss
12	tongs	tong	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 beat	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 hold	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 hold	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 deftly	punct
16	deftly	deftly	ADV	_	19 hold	advmod
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 hold	aux
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 hold	nsubj
19	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 beat	conj
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 hold	obj
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 shape	punct
22	With	with	ADP	_	24 hammer	case
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 hammer	nmod:poss
24	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 shape	obl
25	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 shape	nsubj
26	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 shape	aux
27	shape	shape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 beat	conj
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 mould	cc
29	mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 shape	obj
30	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	29 mould	nsubj
31	Into	into	ADP	_	32 forms	case
32	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 shape	obl
33	so	so	ADV	_	34 fair	advmod
34	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 shape	advcl
35	that	that	SCONJ	_	38 prize	mark
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	38 prize	nsubj
37	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 prize	aux
38	prize	prize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 fair	advcl
39	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	38 prize	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 rare	punct
41	Forms	Form	PROPN	Number=Plur	43 rare	nsubj
42	so	so	ADV	_	43 rare	advmod
43	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 shape	advcl
44	that	that	SCONJ	_	47 e’er	mark
45	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	47 e’er	nsubj
46	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 e’er	aux
47	e’er	e'er	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 rare	csubj
48	despise	despise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 e’er	xcomp
49	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	48 despise	obj
50	:	:	PUNCT	_	51 Axes	punct
51	Axes	ax	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 beat	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 knives	punct
53	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 Axes	conj
54	(	(	PUNCT	_	58 wish	punct
55	so	so	SCONJ	_	58 wish	mark
56	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 wish	nsubj
57	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 wish	aux
58	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 Needles	parataxis
59	to	to	PART	_	60 use	mark
60	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 wish	xcomp
61	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	60 use	obj
62	)	)	PUNCT	_	58 wish	punct
63	Needles	Needle	PROPN	Number=Plur	53 knives	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 pins	punct
65	pins	pin	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 Axes	conj
66	(	(	PUNCT	_	72 choose	punct
67	so	so	ADV	_	72 choose	advmod
68	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 choose	nsubj
69	too	too	ADV	_	68 women	advmod
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 women	punct
71	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 choose	aux
72	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 pins	appos
73	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	72 choose	obj
74	)	)	PUNCT	_	72 choose	punct
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 beat	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	future	I	you			with my tongs; on my anvil; Axes and knives Needles and pins obl; gently property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent you=Instrument on anvil=Patient
2	hold	future	I	you		then	deftly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	shape	future	I		forms		with my hammer	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into form=Product
4	mould		you					tree rules
5	prize	future	all	you				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
6	e'er	future	none					tree rules
7	despise	infinitive	none not said here	you				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
8	wish	future	men					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
9	use not said to happen	to-infinitive	men not said here	you				vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
10	choose	future	women	you				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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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The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Wicked Hornet, sentence 62