--- title: Yes," replied the old man, "they have."--"Was it long ago?" asked th… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Yes," replied the old man, "they have."--"Was it long ago?" asked the she-dragon's husband.--"It was while this wheat was being sown," replied the old man.--"Oh!" thought the dragon, "this wheat is ready for the sickle, they couldn't have been this way yesterday," so he turned back. Who acts: lad, l --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/117/) [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/) / 117 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Magic Egg, sentence 117 Yes," replied the old man, "they have."--"Was it long ago?" asked the she-dragon's husband.--"It was while this wheat was being sown," replied the old man.--"Oh!" thought the dragon, "this wheat is ready for the sickle, they couldn't have been this way yesterday," so he turned back. **Who acts:** lad, lass, wheat, husband · **What happens:** reply, have, be, ask, think, not be · **To what, where:** old man, husband, lass, dragon, way · **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 (lad, lass, wheat, husband), 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:pg29672:24:117 # text = Yes," replied the old man, "they have."--"Was it long ago?" asked the she-dragon's husband.--"It was while this wheat was being sown," replied the old man.--"Oh!" thought the dragon, "this wheat is ready for the sickle, they couldn't have been this way yesterday," so he turned back. 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 4 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 19 ago ago ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 34 while while SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 sown sow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 42 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 52 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ 52 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 det _ _ 58 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 60 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 ccomp _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 sickle sickle NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 65 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 66 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 67 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 71 advmod _ _ 68 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 71 aux _ _ 69 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 71 cop _ _ 70 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 71 det _ _ 71 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 72 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 " " PUNCT `` _ 77 punct _ _ 75 so so ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 76 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 77 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 78 back back ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the old man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | lad | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | lass | | | | | ago, long *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | | | the she dragon's husband | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past · passive | | lass | | | | sow *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the old man | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | | the dragon | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dragon=Theme | | 8 | **is** | present | this wheat | | | | | for the sickle; ready *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **is a** | could · perfect | lad | this way | | | yesterday | | tree rules | | 10 | **turn back** *in a quote* | past | husband | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/118/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)