--- title: So they betrothed him to a very pretty girl, and he accepted her and… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they betrothed him to a very pretty girl, and he accepted her and forgot all about the other girl who had saved him from the dragon, though she herself was the she-dragon's daughter. Who acts: fish, damsel, girl. 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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 (fish, damsel, girl), 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:pg29672:24:140 # text = So they betrothed him to a very pretty girl, and he accepted her and forgot all about the other girl who had saved him from the dragon, though she herself was the she-dragon's daughter. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 betrothed betroth VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 all all ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 30 though though SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 32 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 conj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **betroth** | past | fish | damsel | a pretty girl | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to girl=Recipient | | 2 | **accept** | past | damsel | girl | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **forget** | past | damsel *not said here* | the other girl | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **save** | past · perfect · passive | | the other girl | | | | from the dragon | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | girl | dragon's daughter | | | | | tree rules | 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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/141/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)