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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 (heart, one), 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:pg29672:10:106 # text = So they sent for a knife, and began sharpening it, when one of the maidens of the court took pity on the horse, and cried, "Oh, my good, my darling horse, so lovely as thou art, and yet to kill thee!" 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 sharpening sharpen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 darling darling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 parataxis _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 44 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 yet yet ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | heart | | | | | for a knife | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **sharpen** | gerund | heart *not said here* | knife | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **take** | past | one of the maidens of the court | pity | | | | on the horse | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pity=Theme on horse=Destination | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | thee | | | yet | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | 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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/107/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Unlucky Daniel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/)