--- title: So the bride did as the Sun bade her, and went to that distant empir… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the bride did as the Sun bade her, and went to that distant empire, and the Empress of that empire, whom her husband had married, came to see what she was selling, and said to her, "What dost thou want for thy silver apple?" Who acts: bride, Sun, Empress, thou. 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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 (bride, Sun, Empress, thou), 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:pg29672:20:115 # text = So the bride did as the Sun bade her, and went to that distant empire, and the Empress of that empire, whom her husband had married, came to see what she was selling, and said to her, "What dost thou want for thy silver apple?" 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Empress Empress PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 obl _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 selling sell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 obj _ _ 46 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 48 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the bride | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bade** | past | the Sun | bride | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | the bride *not said here* | | | that distant empire | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to empire=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **marry** | past · perfect · passive | | bride's husband | | | | that empire *obl* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **come** | past | the Empress of that empire | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Empress of that empire *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **sell** | past · progressive | Empress | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | bride | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | thou | | | | | for thy silver apple | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/116/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)