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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 (man, old man), 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:pg22373:44:152 # text = Presently the old man whom he has ransomed comes running up to him, thanks him for having rescued him from a punishment which had already lasted thirty years, and bestows on him, as a token of gratitude, a Cap of Invisibility. 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 ransomed ransom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 thanks thank VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 aux _ _ 19 rescued rescue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 already already ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 lasted last VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 bestows bestow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Invisibility invisibility NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ransom** | present · perfect | man | the old man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | present | the old man | | | | | presently *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **run up** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | | man | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 4 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | the old man *not said here* | | man | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **rescue** | gerund · perfect | the old man *not said here* | man | | a punishment | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from punishment=Source | | 6 | **last** | past · perfect · passive | | a punishment | | | year | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value | | 7 | **bestow** | present | the old man *not said here* | | | | | on man; as a token of gratitude | tree rules | 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 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/44/151/) - next →: [sentence 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/44/153/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/44/)