--- title: One day a nobleman came by that way, and was surprised to see a beau… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day a nobleman came by that way, and was surprised to see a beautiful elder-bush growing out of the ditch; so he went up to it, cut off a branch, made him a flute out of it, and began playing upon it. Who acts: nobleman, beautiful elder bush. 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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 (nobleman, beautiful elder bush), 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:pg29672:18:20 # text = One day a nobleman came by that way, and was surprised to see a beautiful elder-bush growing out of the ditch; so he went up to it, cut off a branch, made him a flute out of it, and began playing upon it. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 17 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 20 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ditch ditch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 out out ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 48 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 xcomp _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a nobleman | | | | day | by that way | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by way=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | a nobleman *not said here* | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | a nobleman *not said here* | a beautiful elder bush | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bush=Stimulus | | 4 | **grow out** | gerund | a beautiful elder bush *not said here* | the ditch | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ditch=Theme | | 5 | **go up** | past | nobleman | | ditch | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **cut off** | infinitive | nobleman *not said here* | a branch | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector branch=Eventuality | | 7 | **make** | past | | a flute | nobleman | ditch | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary flute=Product | | 8 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **play** | gerund | | | | | | upon ditch | vn performance-26.7-1 «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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/18/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/18/21/) - ↑ back to [The Three Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/18/)