--- title: Those who were asleep got up and gave themselves up to dancing strai… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Those who were asleep got up and gave themselves up to dancing straightway; there were some who danced without trousers, and some who danced without smocks or shirts, and there were some who danced with nothing on at all, for dance they must when Ivan began a-playing. Who acts: some, baskets. 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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 (some, baskets), 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:pg29672:23:77 # text = Those who were asleep got up and gave themselves up to dancing straightway; there were some who danced without trousers, and some who danced without smocks or shirts, and there were some who danced with nothing on at all, for dance they must when Ivan began a-playing. 1 Those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 dancing dancing DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 nsubj _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 without without ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 trousers trousers NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 nsubj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 without without ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 smocks smock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 shirts shirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 35 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 nsubj _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 obl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 47 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 48 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 49 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **give up** | past | | baskets *= basket* | dancing straightway | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme to straightway=Recipient | | 3 | **be** | past | some | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **dance** | past | | | | | | without trousers | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **dance** | past | some | | | | | without smocks or shirts | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | some | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **dance** | past | | | | | | with nothing; for dance | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **begin** | must | baskets *= basket* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **play** | gerund | baskets *= basket* *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/78/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/)