--- title: When both of Katoma's feet had been cut off, the Princess glanced ar… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: When both of Katoma's feet had been cut off, the Princess glanced around, and saw that a tall tree-stump stood on one side; so she called her servants and ordered them to set him on that stump. Who acts: Princess, tall tree stump, stump. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, tall tree stump, stump), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg22373:43:133 # text = When both of Katoma's feet had been cut off, the Princess glanced around, and saw that a tall tree-stump stood on one side; so she called her servants and ordered them to set him on that stump. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 2 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Katoma Katoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 glanced glance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 around around ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 stump stump NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 stump stump NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut off** | past · perfect · passive | | both Katoma's feet | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **glance around** | past | the Princess | | | | | around *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **stand** | past | a tall tree stump | | | one side | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 5 | **call** | past | stump | stump's servants | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient | | 6 | **order** | past | stump *not said here* | | princesses *= princess* | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **set** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | stump *not said here* | Katoma | | that stump | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on stump=Destination | 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:** «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/134/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/)