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title: From a horse hast thou sprung, and now they will fell thee before th… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: From a horse hast thou sprung, and now they will fell thee before thou hast lived a day!"--"Never mind," said the cherry-tree; "take the first chip that falls from me, and throw it into the water."--Then they cut down the cherry-tree; but the girl did as she was bidden, and threw the first chip from
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# Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, sentence 115

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From a horse hast thou sprung, and now they will fell thee before thou hast lived a day!"--"Never mind," said the cherry-tree; "take the first chip that falls from me, and throw it into the water."--Then they cut down the cherry-tree; but the girl did as she was bidden, and threw the first chip from the cherry-tree into the water, and out of it swam a drake so beautiful that it was a delight to look upon it.

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**Who acts:** thou, maidens, first chip, girl, tree · **What happens:** have, spring, fall, live, not mind, say · **To what, where:** thou, thee, cherry tree, first chip, tree, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Story of Unlucky Daniel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thou, maidens, first chip, girl), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg29672:10:115
# text = From a horse hast thou sprung, and now they will fell thee before thou hast lived a day!"--"Never mind," said the cherry-tree; "take the first chip that falls from me, and throw it into the water."--Then they cut down the cherry-tree; but the girl did as she was bidden, and threw the first chip from the cherry-tree into the water, and out of it swam a drake so beautiful that it was a delight to look upon it.
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	hast	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	obj	_	_
6	sprung	spring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	obj	_	_
14	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	16	nsubj	_	_
16	hast	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
17	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
25	mind	mind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	17	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	_
28	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	parataxis	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
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	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	ccomp	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	38	amod	_	_
38	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
39	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	40	nsubj	_	_
40	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	acl:relcl	_	_
41	from	from	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	conj	_	_
46	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	into	into	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	55	advmod	_	_
54	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	parataxis	_	_
56	down	down	ADP	RP	_	55	compound:prt	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
58	cherry	cherry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
62	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nsubj	_	_
65	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
66	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	69	mark	_	_
67	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj:pass	_	_
68	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux:pass	_	_
69	bidden	bid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	65	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
72	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
74	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	75	amod	_	_
75	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obj	_	_
76	from	from	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
78	cherry	cherry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	78	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	_
81	into	into	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	_
85	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	89	cc	_	_
86	out	out	ADP	IN	_	88	case	_	_
87	of	of	ADP	IN	_	88	case	_	_
88	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	89	obl	_	_
89	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
90	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	91	det	_	_
91	drake	drake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	89	obj	_	_
92	so	so	ADV	RB	_	93	advmod	_	_
93	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	89	xcomp	_	_
94	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	98	mark	_	_
95	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	98	nsubj	_	_
96	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	98	cop	_	_
97	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	98	det	_	_
98	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	93	advcl	_	_
99	to	to	PART	TO	_	100	mark	_	_
100	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	98	acl	_	_
101	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	102	case	_	_
102	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	100	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
103	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  | thou |  |  |  | from a horse | tree rules |
| 2 | **spring** | participle | thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fall** | future | maidens *= maiden* | thee |  |  | now |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient thou=Result |
| 4 | **have** | present | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **live** | past | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **mind** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past |  | the cherry tree |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **take** | infinitive |  | the first chip |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Theme |
| 9 | **fall** | present | the first chip |  |  |  |  | from me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from i=Initial\_Location |
| 10 | **throw** | infinitive |  | tree |  |  |  | into the water *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into water=Result |
| 11 | **cut down** *in a quote* | past | maidens *= maiden* | the cherry tree |  |  | then |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tree=Product |
| 12 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 13 | **bid** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 14 | **throw** *in a quote* | past | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | the first chip |  | the cherry tree |  | into the water | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent chip=Theme from tree=Initial\_Location into water=Destination |
| 15 | **swim** *in a quote* | past | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | a drake |  | tree |  | beautiful *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drake=Trajectory |
| 16 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | tree | a delight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 17 | **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon tree | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon it=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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