--- title: So she crept into the hole again and began to beat for game, and out… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So she crept into the hole again and began to beat for game, and out came an old woman, who said to the youth, "What art thou poking about there for?"--And he said to her, "For the golden hare."--She said to him, "It is not here, for this is a snake's hole," and when she had said this she went away. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/105/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/) / 105 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Magic Egg, sentence 105 So she crept into the hole again and began to beat for game, and out came an old woman, who said to the youth, "What art thou poking about there for?"--And he said to her, "For the golden hare."--She said to him, "It is not here, for this is a snake's hole," and when she had said this she went away. **Who acts:** girl, old woman, snake, hare, this · **What happens:** creep, begin, beat, come, say, poke about · **To what, where:** hole, youth, girl, snake, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Magic Egg. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, old woman, snake, hare), 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:pg29672:24:105 # text = So she crept into the hole again and began to beat for game, and out came an old woman, who said to the youth, "What art thou poking about there for?"--And he said to her, "For the golden hare."--She said to him, "It is not here, for this is a snake's hole," and when she had said this she went away. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 out out ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 nsubj _ _ 30 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 obj _ _ 32 poking poke VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 xcomp _ _ 33 about about ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 And and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 For for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 -- -- PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 " " PUNCT `` _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 64 for for ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 65 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 70 nsubj _ _ 66 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 cop _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 69 's 's PART POS _ 68 case _ _ 70 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 " " PUNCT '' _ 70 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 74 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 77 advmod _ _ 75 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 76 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 77 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 conj _ _ 78 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 77 obj _ _ 79 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 80 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 ccomp _ _ 81 away away ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep** | past | girl | | | the hole | again | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hole=Destination | | 2 | **begin** | past | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **beat** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | for game | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | a old woman | | | | | out *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | a old woman | | the youth | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to youth=Recipient | | 6 | **poke about** *in a quote* | gerund | a old woman *not said here* | | | there | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | snake | | girl | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | snake | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 9 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | hare | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | for a snake's hole | tree rules | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | girl | this | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **go away** | past | girl | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/106/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)