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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 (moujik, bird, that), 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:pg22373:51:125 # text = He catches hold of the duck's tail, and the bird pulls him out of the swamp; whereupon he goes home rejoicing, taking with him the duck and her egg, and tells his wife all that has happened. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 catches catch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 out out ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 whereupon whereupon ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 home home ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 rejoicing rejoice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | present | moujik | hold of the duck's tail | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 2 | **pull** | present | the bird | moujik | | the swamp | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out swamp=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go** | present | moujik | | | | | home, whereupon *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **rejoice** | gerund | moujik *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **take** | gerund | moujik *not said here* | | the duck and duck's egg | | | with moujik | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument duck=Destination | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | | | moujik's wife | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **happen** | present · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | | | the duck's tail | | | | | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/126/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/51/)