--- title: Soon after, the old she-dragon discovered that it was not the golden… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Soon after, the old she-dragon discovered that it was not the golden hare, but her own daughter, so she set about chasing after them to destroy them both, for the daughter had made haste in the meantime to join Ivan. Who acts: old she dragon, hare, dragon, bears. 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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 (old she dragon, hare, dragon, bears), 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:pg29672:24:111 # text = Soon after, the old she-dragon discovered that it was not the golden hare, but her own daughter, so she set about chasing after them to destroy them both, for the daughter had made haste in the meantime to join Ivan. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 26 about about SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 after after SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 40 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 xcomp _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 46 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past | the old she dragon | girl's own daughter | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is a** | past | hare | the golden hare | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **set** | past | dragon | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **chase** | gerund | dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | bears *= bear* | tasks *= task* | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **make** | past · perfect | the daughter | haste | | the meantime | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **join** | to-infinitive | the daughter *not said here* | Ivan | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Patient | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/112/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)