--- title: So they took and slew him, and buried him in the ditch, and took the… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they took and slew him, and buried him in the ditch, and took the hog to their father, and said, "While we were watching, this hog came up and began digging, so we killed him and have brought him to you." Who acts: brothers, we, hog. 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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 (brothers, we, hog), 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:pg29672:18:19 # text = So they took and slew him, and buried him in the ditch, and took the hog to their father, and said, "While we were watching, this hog came up and began digging, so we killed him and have brought him to you." 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ditch ditch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 While while SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 up up ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 digging dig VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V that S»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 2 | **slay** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | fool | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **bury** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | fool | | the ditch | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in ditch=Destination | | 4 | **take** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | the hog | brothers's father | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hog=Theme to father=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **watch** *in a quote* | past · progressive | we | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come up** *in a quote* | past | this hog | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | this hog *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **dig** *in a quote* | gerund | this hog *not said here* | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **kill** *in a quote* | past | we | fool | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 11 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we *not said here* | fool | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to you=Destination | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/18/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/18/20/) - ↑ back to [The Three Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/18/)