--- title: Then she turned herself into a pike and began chasing the perch, but… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she turned herself into a pike and began chasing the perch, but every time she drew near to it, the perch turned its prickly fins toward her, so that she could not catch hold of it. Who acts: dragon, perch. 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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 (dragon, perch), 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:pg29672:24:133 # text = Then she turned herself into a pike and began chasing the perch, but every time she drew near to it, the perch turned its prickly fins toward her, so that she could not catch hold of it. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pike pike NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 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 chasing chase VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 perch perch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 near near ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 perch perch NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 prickly prickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 fins fin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 toward toward ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 37 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 38 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | dragon | dragon | | | then | into a pike *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Theme into pike=Result | | 2 | **begin** | past | dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **chase** | gerund | dragon *not said here* | the perch | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perch=Theme | | 4 | **draw** | past | dragon | every time *not said here* | | perch | | near *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent time=Theme to it=Destination | | 5 | **turn** | past | the perch | perch's prickly fins | | | time | toward dragon | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent fin=Theme toward she=Trajectory | | 6 | **not** **catch** | could | dragon | hold of perch | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 7 | **hold** | | | perch | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/134/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)