--- title: And they answered, "The Tsar's coachman has slain the Dragon with si… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And they answered, "The Tsar's coachman has slain the Dragon with six heads and saved the Princess, and now he is to be married to her."--"Good Lord!" cried he, "and I never saw this Dragon! Who acts: Tsar, Good Lord. 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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 (Tsar, Good Lord), 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:pg29672:22:44 # text = And they answered, "The Tsar's coachman has slain the Dragon with six heads and saved the Princess, and now he is to be married to her."--"Good Lord!" cried he, "and I never saw this Dragon! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 coachman coachman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 39 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Tsar | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **slay** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the Tsar's coachman | | | | with six heads | tree rules | | 3 | **save** *in a quote* | past | | the Princess | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 4 | **marry** *in a quote* | present · passive | | brother | Princess | | now | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to she=Co-Patient | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Good Lord | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | past | Good Lord *= lord* | this Dragon | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dragon=Stimulus | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/45/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)