--- title: He tried to get up as high as his brothers, but the thin boughs brok… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He tried to get up as high as his brothers, but the thin boughs broke beneath him, so he had to be content with staying in the lower part of the tree on the thicker boughs; so there he sat, hugging the millstone in his arms. Who acts: Ivan, thin boughs. 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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 (Ivan, thin boughs), 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:pg29672:23:58 # text = He tried to get up as high as his brothers, but the thin boughs broke beneath him, so he had to be content with staying in the lower part of the tree on the thicker boughs; so there he sat, hugging the millstone in his arms. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 25 content content ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 26 with with SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 31 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 38 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 hugging hug VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 millstone millstone NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | Ivan | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **get up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ivan *not said here* | | | | | high *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **break** | past | the thin boughs | | | | | beneath Ivan | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath he=Location | | 4 | **have** | past | Ivan | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | Ivan *not said here* | | | | | content *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **stay** | gerund | Ivan *not said here* | | | the lower part of the tree | | on the thicker boughs | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in part=Location | | 7 | **sit** | past | Ivan | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hug** | gerund | Ivan *not said here* | the millstone | | Ivan's arms | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent millstone=Co-Agent | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/59/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/)