--- title: Then the Prince gathered up the six dragon-heads and laid them on on… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Prince gathered up the six dragon-heads and laid them on one side, and cut out the six lolling tongues and tied them in his handkerchief, and told the Princess to go back to her palace, for they could not be married for a year and twelve weeks, and if by that time he did not appear, she was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/36/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/) / 36 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 1, sentence 36 Then the Prince gathered up the six dragon-heads and laid them on one side, and cut out the six lolling tongues and tied them in his handkerchief, and told the Princess to go back to her palace, for they could not be married for a year and twelve weeks, and if by that time he did not appear, she was to marry another, and with that he departed. **Who acts:** Prince, Princess · **What happens:** gather up, lay, cut out, loll, tie, tell · **To what, where:** six dragon heads, heads, one side, six lolling tongues, handkerchief, Princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Prince, Princess), 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:pg29672:22:36 # text = Then the Prince gathered up the six dragon-heads and laid them on one side, and cut out the six lolling tongues and tied them in his handkerchief, and told the Princess to go back to her palace, for they could not be married for a year and twelve weeks, and if by that time he did not appear, she was to marry another, and with that he departed. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 8 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 23 lolling loll VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 amod _ _ 24 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 57 if if SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 det _ _ 60 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 64 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 66 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 70 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 73 with with SCONJ IN _ 76 mark _ _ 74 that that SCONJ IN _ 76 mark _ _ 75 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 76 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather up** | past | the Prince | the six dragon heads | | | then | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 2 | **lay** | past | the Prince *not said here* | heads *= head* | | one side | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on side=Destination | | 3 | **cut out** | participle | | the six lolling tongues | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector tongue=Eventuality | | 4 | **loll** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tie** | past | | heads *= head* | | Prince's handkerchief | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | the Princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | to Princess's palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 8 | **not** **marry** | could · passive | | heads *= head* | | | year | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **not** **appear** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | Prince | | | | time | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | marry *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **depart** | past | Prince | | | | | | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/37/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)