--- title: Then she came out of the hole and said to him, "What! has nothing co… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she came out of the hole and said to him, "What! has nothing come out?"--"Well," said he, "only a snake, and I was afraid it would bite me, so I let it go."--"What hast thou done?" said she; "that was the very hare itself. Who acts: girl, snake, hole, that. 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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 (girl, snake, hole, that), 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:pg29672:24:103 # text = Then she came out of the hole and said to him, "What! has nothing come out?"--"Well," said he, "only a snake, and I was afraid it would bite me, so I let it go."--"What hast thou done?" said she; "that was the very hare itself. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 16 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 18 nsubj _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 19 out out ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Well well INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 54 obj _ _ 54 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 obj _ _ 56 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ? ? PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ 59 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 67 punct _ _ 62 " " PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 67 nsubj _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 very very ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 68 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 67 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | girl | the hole | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | girl *not said here* | | snake | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **come out** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | snake | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | snake | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bite** *in a quote* | would | hole | snake | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | past | snake | hole | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | hole *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | present | girl *not said here* | thou | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | that | the hare | | | | hole *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/104/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)