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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 (stranger, pail, us), 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:pg22373:54:110 # text = Then he fills another pail with blood from the old man, slakes his brutal thirst, and says to the peasant, 'It begins to grow light! let us go back to my dwelling.'" 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fills fill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 pail pail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 slakes slake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 brutal brutal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ! ! PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 31 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 back back ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | present | stranger | another pail | | | then | with blood from the old man | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent pail=Patient with blood=Instrument | | 2 | **slake** | present | stranger *not said here* | stranger's brutal thirst | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thirst=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | stranger *not said here* | | the peasant | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to peasant=Recipient | | 4 | **begin** | present | pail | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **grow** | to-infinitive | pail *not said here* | light | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location light=Theme | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | pail *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go back** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **thirst** | | stranger | | | | | | nom thirst «state intransitive»: poss=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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/111/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/)