--- title: On the third day the neat-herd again drove the cattle into the pastu… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On the third day the neat-herd again drove the cattle into the pastures, but this time the parson followed after them, and went and hid himself behind the hedge near to which Ivan was watching the cattle graze. Who acts: neat herd, parson, Ivan. 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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 (neat herd, parson, Ivan), 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:pg29672:23:95 # text = On the third day the neat-herd again drove the cattle into the pastures, but this time the parson followed after them, and went and hid himself behind the hedge near to which Ivan was watching the cattle graze. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 neat neat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 pastures pasture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 23 after after ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 behind behind ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 near near ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 37 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 graze graze NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past | the neat herd | the cattle | | the pastures | day | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme into pasture=Trajectory | | 2 | **follow** | past | the parson | | | | after cattle; time | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after they=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hide** | past | | parson | | the hedge | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient behind hedge=Location | | 5 | **watch** | past · progressive | Ivan | the cattle graze | | | | near *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent graze=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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/96/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/)