The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North, The Wicked Hornet, sentence 69
Then the tongs of bronze drew him forth from the flames, and twirled him in the air, and threw him upon the anvil; and the hammer of stone beat him fiercely again and again until he shrieked with pain.
Who acts: tongs, hammer, Smith · What happens: draw, twirl, throw, beat, shriek · To what, where: Smith, flames, air, anvil
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 (tongs, hammer, Smith), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 drew | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tongs | det |
| 3 | tongs | tong | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 drew | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 bronze | case |
| 5 | bronze | bronze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tongs | nmod |
| 6 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 drew | obj |
| 8 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 6 drew | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 flames | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 flames | det |
| 11 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 drew | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 twirled | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 twirled | cc |
| 14 | twirled | twirl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 drew | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 twirled | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 air | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 air | det |
| 18 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 twirled | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 threw | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 threw | cc |
| 21 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 twirled | parataxis |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 threw | obj |
| 23 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 25 anvil | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 anvil | det |
| 25 | anvil | anvil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 threw | obl |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 beat | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 beat | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 hammer | det |
| 29 | hammer | hammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 beat | nsubj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 stone | case |
| 31 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 hammer | nmod |
| 32 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 drew | conj |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 beat | obj |
| 34 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 32 beat | advmod |
| 35 | again | again | ADV | _ | 32 beat | advmod |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 again | cc |
| 37 | again | again | ADV | _ | 35 again | conj |
| 38 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 40 shrieked | mark |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 shrieked | nsubj |
| 40 | shrieked | shriek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 beat | advcl |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 pain | case |
| 42 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 shrieked | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 drew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | the tongs of bronze | Smith | the flames | then | forth property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme from flame=Initial_Location | |
| 2 | twirl | past | the tongs of bronze not said here | Smith | the air | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent he=Material | |||
| 3 | throw | past | Smith | the anvil | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme upon anvil=Destination | ||||
| 4 | beat | past | the hammer of stone | Smith | again; again | fiercely property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | ||
| 5 | shriek | past | Smith | with pain | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with pain=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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