--- title: Then the coachman of the Princess came up to the place and saw the s… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the coachman of the Princess came up to the place and saw the six heads of the Dragon, and took them up and said to the Princess, "I will slay thee on the spot if thou dost not swear to me twelve times that thou wilt say I slew the Dragon, and wilt take me for thy husband!" 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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 (coachman, thou), 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:pg29672:22:37 # text = Then the coachman of the Princess came up to the place and saw the six heads of the Dragon, and took them up and said to the Princess, "I will slay thee on the spot if thou dost not swear to me twelve times that thou wilt say I slew the Dragon, and wilt take me for thy husband!" 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 coachman coachman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 41 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obj _ _ 49 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 50 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl:relcl _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 ccomp _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 wilt will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 60 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ! ! PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | past | the coachman of the Princess | | | | then | to the place | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | the coachman of the Princess *not said here* | the six heads of the Dragon | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus | | 3 | **take up** | past | the coachman of the Princess *not said here* | heads *= head* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the coachman of the Princess *not said here* | | the Princess | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to princess=Recipient | | 5 | **slay** *in a quote* | future | the coachman of the Princess *= coachman* | thee | | the spot | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 6 | **not** **swear** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | thou | | the coachman of the Princess *= coachman* | | time | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | thou | twelve times | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **slay** *in a quote* | past | the coachman of the Princess *= coachman* | the Dragon | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | future | | the coachman of the Princess *= coachman* | | | | for thy husband | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent i=Theme for husband=Beneficiary | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/38/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)