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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 (grooms, I), 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:pg22373:43:82 # text = "Go into the stable and tell the grooms to bring forth the heroic steed; sit upon him and break him in; to-morrow I've got to ride him to the wedding." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 grooms groom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 12 forth forth ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 heroic heroic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 break break VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | imperative | the grooms *= groom* *not said here* | | | the stable | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into stable=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | the grooms *= groom* *not said here* | | the grooms | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent groom=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **bring** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the heroic steed | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent steed=Theme | | 4 | **sit** *in a quote* | infinitive | the grooms *= groom* *not said here* | | | | | upon Ivan | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon he=Location | | 5 | **break in** *in a quote* | infinitive | the grooms *= groom* *not said here* | Ivan | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | | | | | to morrow | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **ride** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | Ivan | | the wedding | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme to wedding=Trajectory | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/83/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/)