--- title: Then they sent for an axe and made ready to cut it down, but the dam… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they sent for an axe and made ready to cut it down, but the damsel came running up, and said, "Oh, darling little cherry-tree, darling little cherry-tree, so fair thou art! Who acts: maidens, damsel, thou. 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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 (maidens, damsel, thou), 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:pg29672:10:114 # text = Then they sent for an axe and made ready to cut it down, but the damsel came running up, and said, "Oh, darling little cherry-tree, darling little cherry-tree, so fair thou art! 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 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 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 down down ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 damsel damsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 darling darling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 30 cherry cherry NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 darling darling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 cherry cherry NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 43 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | maidens *= maiden* | | | | then | for a axe | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | past | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **cut down** | to-infinitive | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | tree | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 4 | **come** | past | the damsel | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **run up** | gerund | the damsel *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | past | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/115/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Unlucky Daniel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/)