--- title: Then the dog ran off in pursuit of its master, caught him up just as… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the dog ran off in pursuit of its master, caught him up just as he reached home, and rushed at him, furiously trying to bite and to rend him. Who acts: dog. 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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 (dog), 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:pg22373:53:145 # text = Then the dog ran off in pursuit of its master, caught him up just as he reached home, and rushed at him, furiously trying to bite and to rend him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pursuit pursuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 home home ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 furiously furiously ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 rend rend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | the dog | | | pursuit of pursuit's master | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pursuit=Trajectory | | 2 | **catch up** | past | the dog *not said here* | dog | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | past | dog | | | | | home *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rush** | past | the dog *not said here* | | | | | at dog | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Trajectory | | 5 | **try** | gerund | the dog *not said here* | | | | | furiously *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **bite** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the dog *not said here* | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **rend** | to-infinitive | the dog *not said here* | dog | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **pursue** | | | pursuit's master | | | | | nom pursuit «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 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/53/144/) - next →: [sentence 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/53/146/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/53/)