--- title: What manner of beast was it?"--Then they took him and showed him the… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: What manner of beast was it?"--Then they took him and showed him the heads of the Dragon, and he cried, "Good Lord! every other beast hath a tongue, but this Dragon hath none!" Who acts: beast, manner, brother, other beast. 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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 (beast, manner, brother, other beast), 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:pg29672:22:45 # text = What manner of beast was it?"--Then they took him and showed him the heads of the Dragon, and he cried, "Good Lord! every other beast hath a tongue, but this Dragon hath none!" 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ! ! PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 32 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 42 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | beast | | | | | of beast | tree rules | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | past | what manner | brother | | | then | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **show** *in a quote* | past | what manner *not said here* | the heads of the Dragon | brother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient head=Topic | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | brother | Good Lord | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | present | every other beast | a tongue | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient | | 6 | **have** | present | this Dragon | none | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/46/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)