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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 (Folks, getting hold, we, 354), 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:pg22373:46:54 # text = "Folks say there's no getting hold of him the way we tried;[354] we must entice him by cunning, and the best way of all will be to promise him a red shirt, and a red caftan, and red boots." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 7 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 354 354 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 entice entice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 amod _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 nmod _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 caftan caftan NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Folks | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no getting hold of FOOL | the way | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **try** *in a quote* | past | we | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 5 | **entice** *in a quote* | must | 354 | FOOL | | | | by cunning | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | future | the best way of all | | FOOL | | | promise *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **hold** *in a quote* | | | FOOL | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/55/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/)