--- title: Katoma went to the spot indicated by the Princess, seized the pillar… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Katoma went to the spot indicated by the Princess, seized the pillar in his arms, brought it into the palace kitchen, and broke it into little pieces; but four of the iron chips he put into his pocket, saying-- Who acts: Katoma. 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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 (Katoma), 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:pg22373:43:74 # text = Katoma went to the spot indicated by the Princess, seized the pillar in his arms, brought it into the palace kitchen, and broke it into little pieces; but four of the iron chips he put into his pocket, saying-- 1 Katoma Katoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 indicated indicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 chips chip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 -- -- PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Katoma | four of the iron chips | | the spot | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to spot=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **indicate** | participle | | the spot *not said here* | | | | by the Princess | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **seize** | past | | the pillar | | Katoma's arms | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pillar=Theme | | 4 | **bring** | past | | pillar | | the palace kitchen | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into kitchen=Destination | | 5 | **break** | past | | pillar | | | | into little pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient into piece=Result | | 6 | **put** | past | Katoma | the iron chips *not said here* | | Katoma's pocket | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent chip=Goal | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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:** «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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/75/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/)