--- title: They came rushing up with sticks and cudgels, but he began talking t… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They came rushing up with sticks and cudgels, but he began talking to them, and at last they recognized him, led him home, and he told his wife all about Ivan. Who acts: robbers, parson. 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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 (robbers, parson), 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:pg29672:23:106 # text = They came rushing up with sticks and cudgels, but he began talking to them, and at last they recognized him, led him home, and he told his wife all about Ivan. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 cudgels cudgel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 24 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 home home ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 iobj _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 34 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | robbers *= robber* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rush up** | gerund | robbers *= robber* *not said here* | | | | | with sticks and cudgels | vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with stick=Eventuality | | 3 | **begin** | past | parson | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **talk** | gerund | parson *not said here* | | robbers *= robber* | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent | | 5 | **recognize** | past | robbers *= robber* | parson | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **lead** | past | robbers *= robber* *not said here* | parson | | last | | home *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme at last=Destination | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | parson | | parson's wife | | | about Ivan; all *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient about ivan=Topic | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/107/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/)