--- title: There was once a Tsaritsa who had no child, and greatly desired one,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There was once a Tsaritsa who had no child, and greatly desired one, so the soothsayers said to her, "Bid them catch thee a pike, bid them boil its head and nothing but its head, eat it, and thou shalt see what will happen." Who acts: Tsaritsa, soothsayers, 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 (Tsaritsa, soothsayers, 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:pg29672:20:54 # text = There was once a Tsaritsa who had no child, and greatly desired one, so the soothsayers said to her, "Bid them catch thee a pike, bid them boil its head and nothing but its head, eat it, and thou shalt see what will happen." 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Tsaritsa Tsaritsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 soothsayers soothsayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Bid bid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 obj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 pike pike NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 bid bid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 boil boil VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 35 conj _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a Tsaritsa *not said here* | | | there | | once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | a Tsaritsa | no child | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 3 | **desire** | past | | one | | | | greatly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the soothsayers | | Tsaritsa | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **bid** *in a quote* | infinitive | | soothsayers *= soothsayer* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **catch** *in a quote* | infinitive | | thee | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent thou=Beneficiary pike=Theme | | 7 | **bid** *in a quote* | infinitive | | soothsayers *= soothsayer* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **boil** *in a quote* | infinitive | | pike's head but pike's head | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 9 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive | | child | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 10 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **happen** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/55/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)