--- title: So Ivan returned without the overseer, and the nobleman said to him,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So Ivan returned without the overseer, and the nobleman said to him, "Where's my overseer?"--"I left him in hell," said Ivan, "and they said there that they were waiting for you, sir, too." Who acts: Ivan, nobleman. 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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 (Ivan, nobleman), 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:pg29672:19:189 # text = So Ivan returned without the overseer, and the nobleman said to him, "Where's my overseer?"--"I left him in hell," said Ivan, "and they said there that they were waiting for you, sir, too." 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 4 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 overseer overseer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 overseer overseer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 hell hell NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 too too ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Ivan | | | | | without the overseer | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the nobleman | | overseer | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | my overseer | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **leave** *in a quote* | past | the nobleman *= nobleman* | overseer | | hell | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in hell=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ivan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | IVAN | | | there | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wait** *in a quote* | past · progressive | IVAN | sir | | | | for you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/188/) - next →: [sentence 190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/190/) - ↑ back to [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/)