--- title: Soon afterward the dragon came flying past, and asked the monk, "Has… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Soon afterward the dragon came flying past, and asked the monk, "Hast thou seen a lad and a lass pass by this way?"--"Yes," he replied, "I saw them what time the holy fathers began to build this monastery." Who acts: monk, holy fathers. 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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 (monk, holy fathers), 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:pg29672:24:123 # text = Soon afterward the dragon came flying past, and asked the monk, "Hast thou seen a lad and a lass pass by this way?"--"Yes," he replied, "I saw them what time the holy fathers began to build this monastery." 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 2 afterward afterward ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 past past ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obj _ _ 17 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 lass lass NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 42 det _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 46 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 monastery monastery NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | | | afterward the dragon; soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | past *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | the monk | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent monk=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | thou | | | | by this way | tree rules | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | monk | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | past | monk | lad | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 8 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | the holy fathers | | | | time | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **build** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the holy fathers *not said here* | this monastery | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset monastery=Product | 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/124/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)