--- title: So he cut down such an oak as his wife had told him of, and she buil… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he cut down such an oak as his wife had told him of, and she built a hut of the oak, for the overseer had come and shown them a place where they might build their hut. Who acts: man, nobleman, overseer, wife. 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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, nobleman, overseer, wife), 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:pg29672:19:177 # text = So he cut down such an oak as his wife had told him of, and she built a hut of the oak, for the overseer had come and shown them a place where they might build their hut. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 overseer overseer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 parataxis _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut down** | past | man | such oak | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oak=Product | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | man's wife | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic | | 3 | **build** | past | nobleman | a hut of the oak | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hut=Product | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | the overseer | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **show** | participle | the overseer *not said here* | wife | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient place=Topic | | 6 | **build** | might | wife | wife's hut | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hut=Product | 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 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/176/) - next →: [sentence 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/178/) - ↑ back to [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/)