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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 (window, point, Cossack), 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:pg22373:46:113 # text = She took a sprinkler, passed her arm into the cottage, and was just on the point of sprinkling--when the Cossack suddenly gave his sabre a sweep, and cut her arm off close to the shoulder. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sprinkler sprinkler NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 sprinkling sprinkle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Cossack cossack NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 sabre sabre NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sweep sweep NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 off off ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | window | a sprinkler | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprinkler=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | past | window *not said here* | window's arm | | the cottage | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent arm=Theme into cottage=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | the point | | | tree rules | | 4 | **sprinkle** | gerund | the point *not said here* | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | the Cossack | God's sabre | | | | suddenly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent sabre=Recipient sweep=Theme | | 6 | **cut** | past | | window's arm | | | | close *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset arm=Product | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/114/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/)