--- title: They wandered on and on for twelve weeks, and at the end of the twel… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They wandered on and on for twelve weeks, and at the end of the twelve weeks they came to a place where three roads met, and the elder brother said to the younger, "My brother, here our roads part. Who acts: sons, three roads, elder brother, roads. 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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 (sons, three roads, elder brother, roads), 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:pg29672:22:2 # text = They wandered on and on for twelve weeks, and at the end of the twelve weeks they came to a place where three roads met, and the elder brother said to the younger, "My brother, here our roads part. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 3 conj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 35 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | sons *= son* | | | | week | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | sons *= son* | | | | at the end of the twelve weeks | to a place | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **meet** | past | three roads | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the elder brother | | My younger brother and part | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient | | 5 | **part** *in a quote* | | our roads | | | here | | | tree rules | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/3/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)