--- title: But as the she-dragon couldn't run herself, she sent her husband, an… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But as the she-dragon couldn't run herself, she sent her husband, and he began chasing them, and they knew he was coming, for they felt the earth trembling beneath his tread. Who acts: she dragon, dragon, husband, 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 (she dragon, dragon, husband, 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:pg29672:24:112 # text = But as the she-dragon couldn't run herself, she sent her husband, and he began chasing them, and they knew he was coming, for they felt the earth trembling beneath his tread. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 chasing chase VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 xcomp _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 trembling tremble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 tread tread NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **run** | could | the she dragon | dragon | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme herself=Trajectory | | 2 | **send** | past | dragon | dragon's husband | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | husband | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **chase** | gerund | husband *not said here* | bears *= bear* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **know** | past | bears *= bear* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | past · progressive | husband | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **feel** | past | bears *= bear* | the earth | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Theme | | 8 | **tremble** | gerund | the earth *not said here* | | | husband's tread | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath tread=Location | | 9 | **tread** | | husband | | | | | | nom tread «act intransitive»: poss=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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/113/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)