--- title: He was now so mild and gracious, nor did he spend all his days in th… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He was now so mild and gracious, nor did he spend all his days in the forest, but went about inquiring of his people if any were wronged or injured by their neighbours, and if justice were done. Who acts: man. 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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), 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:pg29672:19:105 # text = He was now so mild and gracious, nor did he spend all his days in the forest, but went about inquiring of his people if any were wronged or injured by their neighbours, and if justice were done. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 12 cc _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 22 about about SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 inquiring inquire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 wronged wrong VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 injured injure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | man | | | | now | mild *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | man *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **spend** | past · do-support | man | | | the forest | day | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **inquire** *speech: other* | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | of man's people | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of people=Recipient | | 6 | **wrong** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | any | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **injure** | participle | | | | | | by people's neighbours | tree rules | | 8 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | justice | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/106/) - ↑ back to [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/)