--- title: My son is flying about the world, but he will fly hither presently,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: My son is flying about the world, but he will fly hither presently, and if he find thee here he will slay thee!"--Then the bride said, "Nay, but, granny dear, I have already lodged with the like of thee. Who acts: son, husband, bride, I. 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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 (son, husband, bride, I), 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:pg29672:20:107 # text = My son is flying about the world, but he will fly hither presently, and if he find thee here he will slay thee!"--Then the bride said, "Nay, but, granny dear, I have already lodged with the like of thee. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 13 hither hither ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 presently presently ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obj _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 25 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 40 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 already already ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 lodged lodge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 46 with with SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 like like ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | present · progressive | My son | | | | | about the world | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent about world=Location | | 2 | **fly** | future | husband | | | | | presently *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | husband | thee | | here | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Topic | | 4 | **slay** | future | husband | thee | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the bride | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lodge** | present · perfect | I | granny | | | | like thee | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/108/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)