--- title: Then the custodians came round to examine the prisoners, and one sai… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the custodians came round to examine the prisoners, and one said one thing and one said another, till at last it came to the turn of the Tsar.--"Who art thou, old man?" they asked. Who acts: custodians, one, dungeon, old 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 (custodians, one, dungeon, old 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:pg29672:19:87 # text = Then the custodians came round to examine the prisoners, and one said one thing and one said another, till at last it came to the turn of the Tsar.--"Who art thou, old man?" they asked. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 custodians custodian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 round round ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 examine examine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 till till ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come round** | past | the custodians | | | | then | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **examine** | to-infinitive | the custodians *not said here* | the prisoners | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one | one thing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one | another | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent another=Topic | | 5 | **come** | past | dungeon | | | the turn of the Tsar | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to turn=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | old man | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/88/) - ↑ back to [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/)