--- title: An apple-tree was there, and beneath the apple-tree was the fire, an… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: An apple-tree was there, and beneath the apple-tree was the fire, and the old witch came out to him and said, "Little master! little master! let me come and warm myself."--"Come along, little mother!" cried he; "come and warm thyself and make thyself comfortable." 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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 (apple tree, old witch, Little master, fire), 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:pg29672:22:16 # text = An apple-tree was there, and beneath the apple-tree was the fire, and the old witch came out to him and said, "Little master! little master! let me come and warm myself."--"Come along, little mother!" cried he; "come and warm thyself and make thyself comfortable." 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 out out ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 warm warm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 41 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 47 along along ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ 53 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 xcomp _ _ 60 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 59 nsubj _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 63 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 62 obj _ _ 64 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a apple tree | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the fire | | | | beneath the apple tree | tree rules | | 3 | **come out** | past | the old witch | | fire | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the old witch *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | Little master | the old witch *= witch* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | the old witch *= witch* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **warm** *in a quote* | infinitive | the old witch *= witch* *not said here* | the old witch *= witch* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | | 8 | **come along** *in a quote* | infinitive | | little mother | | | | along *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | fire | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | fire *not said here* | | | | | warm *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | fire *not said here* | thyself | | | | comfortable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thyself=Product | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/17/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)