--- title: Then the "heroic steed" gallops up, sets its hoof upon the bird's wi… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the "heroic steed" gallops up, sets its hoof upon the bird's wing, and presses it to the ground, so that the shooter is able to bind it with cords, and take it to the king. Who acts: heroic steed, shooter. 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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 (heroic steed, shooter), 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:pg22373:48:158 # text = Then the "heroic steed" gallops up, sets its hoof upon the bird's wing, and presses it to the ground, so that the shooter is able to bind it with cords, and take it to the king. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 heroic heroic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 gallops gallop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hoof hoof NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 presses press VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 shooter shooter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 bind bind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gallop up** | present | the heroic steed | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **set** | present | the heroic steed *not said here* | steed's hoof | | the bird's wing | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hoof=Theme upon wing=Destination | | 3 | **press** | present | the heroic steed *not said here* | steed | | | | to the ground | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | the shooter | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **bind** | to-infinitive | the shooter *not said here* | steed | | | | with cords | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Patient with cord=Co-Patient | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | the shooter *not said here* | steed | the king | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=Destination | 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 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/157/) - next →: [sentence 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/159/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/48/)