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title: So he went up the high mountain till he came to two other mountains… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: So he went up the high mountain till he came to two other mountains that were opposite each other, and there he saw two old men sitting, and they asked him straightway, "Little Prince! little Prince! whither dost thou go, and what dost thou seek?"--"I am going in search of my brother," said he, "my 
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# Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 1, sentence 12

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So he went up the high mountain till he came to two other mountains that were opposite each other, and there he saw two old men sitting, and they asked him straightway, "Little Prince! little Prince! whither dost thou go, and what dost thou seek?"--"I am going in search of my brother," said he, "my dear elder brother who is perishing, and I can find him nowhere."--Then one of the old men said to him, "If thou canst scale those two mountains yonder without falling, I'll give thee all that thou dost want."

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**Who acts:** man, that, two old men, cross-roads, thou, dear elder brother · **What happens:** go up, come, be, see, sit, ask · **To what, where:** high mountain, two other mountains, two old men, straightway, man, thou · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Two Princes, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, that, two old men, cross-roads), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg29672:22:12
# text = So he went up the high mountain till he came to two other mountains that were opposite each other, and there he saw two old men sitting, and they asked him straightway, "Little Prince! little Prince! whither dost thou go, and what dost thou seek?"--"I am going in search of my brother," said he, "my dear elder brother who is perishing, and I can find him nowhere."--Then one of the old men said to him, "If thou canst scale those two mountains yonder without falling, I'll give thee all that thou dost want."
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
18	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	appos	_	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	24	expl	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
25	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	_
26	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
28	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	27	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	iobj	_	_
34	straightway	straightway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	41	punct	_	_
40	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	44	punct	_	_
43	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	44	advmod	_	_
44	dost	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
45	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	44	obj	_	_
46	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
49	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	52	obj	_	_
50	dost	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	52	nsubj	_	_
52	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	67	ccomp	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	64	nmod:poss	_	_
64	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	59	punct	_	_
67	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
68	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
70	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	77	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	74	nmod:poss	_	_
72	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	amod	_	_
73	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	amod	_	_
74	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	nsubj	_	_
75	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	77	nsubj	_	_
76	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	77	aux	_	_
77	perishing	perish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	67	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
79	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	82	cc	_	_
80	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj	_	_
81	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	82	aux	_	_
82	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	77	conj	_	_
83	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	obj	_	_
84	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	82	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	77	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	77	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	89	advmod	_	_
89	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	94	obl	_	_
90	of	of	ADP	IN	_	93	case	_	_
91	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	93	det	_	_
92	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	93	amod	_	_
93	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	94	nsubj	_	_
94	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	parataxis	_	_
95	to	to	ADP	IN	_	96	case	_	_
96	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	94	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
97	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	112	punct	_	_
98	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	112	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	102	mark	_	_
100	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	102	nsubj	_	_
101	canst	can	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	102	aux	_	_
102	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	112	advcl	_	_
103	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	102	nmod	_	_
104	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	105	nummod	_	_
105	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	103	nmod	_	_
106	yonder	yonder	ADV	RB	_	103	advmod	_	_
107	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	108	mark	_	_
108	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	103	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
109	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	102	punct	_	_
110	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	112	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
111	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	112	aux	_	_
112	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	94	conj	_	_
113	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	112	iobj	_	_
114	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	115	det:predet	_	_
115	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	112	obj	_	_
116	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	117	nsubj	_	_
117	dost	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	115	acl:relcl	_	_
118	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	117	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
119	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
120	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past | man | the high mountain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | man |  |  | two other mountains |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is** | past | that |  |  |  |  | opposite *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **see** | past | man | two old men |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |
| 5 | **sit** | gerund | two old men *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | cross-roads *= cross-road* | straightway | man |  |  | little Prince *obl* | tree rules |
| 7 | **do** *in a quote* | present | man *not said here* | thou |  |  |  | whither *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **seek** *in a quote* | present · do-support | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 10 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | man |  |  | search of my brother |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in search=Location |
| 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 12 | **perish** *in a quote* | present · progressive | my dear elder brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 13 | **find** *in a quote* | can | man | brother |  |  |  | nowhere *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
| 14 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old men | one | brother |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
| 15 | **scale** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | thou | those |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 16 | **fall** *in a quote* | gerund | thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 17 | **give** *in a quote* | future | the old men *= man* | that | thee |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient that=Theme |
| 18 | **do** *in a quote* | present | thou |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 19 | **want** *in a quote* | present | thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 20 | **search** *in a quote* |  |  | my brother |  |  |  |  | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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