--- title: The Tsar went out to him and said, "What dost thou want, old man?"--… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The Tsar went out to him and said, "What dost thou want, old man?"--"I was sailing on the sea in my ship," said Oh, "and carrying to the Tsar of my own land a precious garnet ring, and this ring I dropped into the water. Who acts: Tsar, thou, I, ring. 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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 (Tsar, thou, I, ring), 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:pg29672:2:155 # text = The Tsar went out to him and said, "What dost thou want, old man?"--"I was sailing on the sea in my ship," said Oh, "and carrying to the Tsar of my own land a precious garnet ring, and this ring I dropped into the water. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 12 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 14 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 sailing sail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 34 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 49 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 38 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 csubj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 garnet garnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 56 into into ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | the Tsar | | Tsarevna | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the Tsar *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **want** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **sail** *in a quote* | past · progressive | I | | | the sea | | in my ship | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **carry** *in a quote* | gerund | | | the Tsar of my own land | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to tsar=Destination | | 8 | **drop** *in a quote* | past | this ring | | | the water | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into water=Trajectory | 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 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/154/) - next →: [sentence 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/156/) - ↑ back to [Oh: the Tsar of the Forest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/)