--- title: At last the parson got home, all rags and tatters, so that when his… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last the parson got home, all rags and tatters, so that when his wife saw him she did not know him, but called to the labourers, "Help, help! here's a robber, turn him out!" Who acts: last parson, wife. 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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 (last parson, wife), 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:pg29672:23:105 # text = At last the parson got home, all rags and tatters, so that when his wife saw him she did not know him, but called to the labourers, "Help, help! here's a robber, turn him out!" 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 rags rag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 tatters tatter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 18 mark _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 labourers labourer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 37 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the last parson | all rags and tatters | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **see** | past | parson's wife | parson | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | wife | parson | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **call** *speech: express* | participle | | | the labourers | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to labourer=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a robber | | here | | | tree rules | | 8 | **turn out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | parson | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/106/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/)