--- title: Then they went to bed, but very early in the morning, when it was ne… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they went to bed, but very early in the morning, when it was neither dusk nor dawn, there was a noise in the doorway like "Durrrrrr!"--"Daddy!" cried the old woman, "there's some one scratching at the door, go and see who it is!" Who acts: man, bed, noise, one. 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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 (man, bed, noise, 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:pg29672:14:52 # text = Then they went to bed, but very early in the morning, when it was neither dusk nor dawn, there was a noise in the doorway like "Durrrrrr!"--"Daddy!" cried the old woman, "there's some one scratching at the door, go and see who it is!" 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 18 cc:preconj _ _ 18 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ _ 19 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 20 cc _ _ 20 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 doorway doorway NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Durrrrrr durrrrrr INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Daddy daddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 39 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 46 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 47 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 48 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 49 scratching scratch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 acl _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 conj _ _ 57 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 56 ccomp _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ! ! PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | man | | | bed | then; morning | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is a** | past | bed | dusk nor dawn | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | past | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | a noise | the old woman | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Topic | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | present | some one | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **scratch** *in a quote* | gerund | some one *not said here* | | | | | at the door | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | a noise *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | a noise *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | noise | | | | | | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/53/) - ↑ back to [The Straw Ox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/)