--- title: Nineteen times did he cast off one of his serpent's skins, and ninet… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Nineteen times did he cast off one of his serpent's skins, and nineteen times did she cast off one of her suits of clothes, till at last she had only her every-day suit left, and he had only his human skin left. Who acts: Hail, bride. 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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 (Hail, bride), 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:pg29672:20:71 # text = Nineteen times did he cast off one of his serpent's skins, and nineteen times did she cast off one of her suits of clothes, till at last she had only her every-day suit left, and he had only his human skin left. 1 Nineteen nineteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 nineteen nineteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 suits suit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 till till ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 35 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 39 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 44 only only ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 48 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cast off** | past · do-support | Hail | one of Hail's serpent's skins | | | time | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product | | 2 | **cast off** | past · do-support | bride | one of bride's suits of clothes | | | time | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product | | 3 | **have** | past | bride | bride's day suit | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suit=Patient | | 4 | **leave** | participle | | bride's day suit *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | Hail | Hail's human skin | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 6 | **leave** | participle | | Hail's human skin *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/72/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)