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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 (eyes, dead man, aspen), 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:pg22373:53:104 # text = They found out the grave from which the dead man had come out, they tore it open, and they drove an aspen stake right into the heart of the corpse, so that it might no more rise up and slay. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 aspen aspen NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 stake stake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 26 right right ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN _ 40 advmod _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 no no ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 nsubj _ _ 40 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | past | eyes *= eye* | the grave | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Topic | | 2 | **come out** | past · perfect | the dead man | | | the grave | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **tore** | past | eyes *= eye* | news | | | | open *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **drive** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | | 5 | **stake** | infinitive | a aspen | the heart of the corpse | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 6 | **not** **rise up** | might | aspen | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **slay** | infinitive | aspen *not said here* | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/53/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/53/105/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/53/)