--- title: She drives the heifer out to graze, and goes to sleep the whole day… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She drives the heifer out to graze, and goes to sleep the whole day and does nothing."--"Then I'll kill it!" said he.--But the old man's daughter heard what he said, and went into the garden and began to weep bitterly. Who acts: daughter, I, Father. 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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 (daughter, I, Father), 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:pg29672:15:31 # text = She drives the heifer out to graze, and goes to sleep the whole day and does nothing."--"Then I'll kill it!" said he.--But the old man's daughter heard what he said, and went into the garden and began to weep bitterly. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drives drive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 graze graze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 But but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive out** | present | daughter | the heifer | | | | out *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heifer=Theme | | 2 | **graze** | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | present | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | | | | day | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | present | daughter *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 6 | **kill** | future | I | piece | | | then | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | the old man's daughter | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **go** *in a quote* | past | the old man's daughter *not said here* | | | the garden | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into garden=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | the old man's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 12 | **weep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the old man's daughter *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/32/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/)