--- title: Then the second daughter skipped out, and pussy caught her by the fo… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the second daughter skipped out, and pussy caught her by the forehead, and popped her into his sack, and went on playing and singing till he had got all four daughters into his sack, and the little son also. Who acts: second daughter, pussy. 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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 (second daughter, pussy), 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:pg29672:20:44 # text = Then the second daughter skipped out, and pussy caught her by the forehead, and popped her into his sack, and went on playing and singing till he had got all four daughters into his sack, and the little son also. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 skipped skip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 pussy pussy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 25 on on SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 29 till till SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 vocative _ _ 44 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **skip out** | participle | the second daughter | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | past | pussy | Mammy | | | | by the forehead; the little son *vocative* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **pop** | past | pussy *not said here* | Mammy | | | | into Pussy's sack *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Patient into sack=Result | | 4 | **go** | past | pussy *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **play** | gerund | pussy *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | pussy *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **get** | past · perfect | Pussy | four daughters | | Pussy's sack | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/45/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)