--- title: Then they went on still farther, till the foal said again, "Look beh… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they went on still farther, till the foal said again, "Look behind, and see whether Wednesday is still pursuing!"--He looked behind, and there, sure enough, was Wednesday running after them, and he was not very far off either.--"Wave thy kerchief!" said the foal. 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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 (bridegrooms, foal, Wednesday), 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:pg29672:24:174 # text = Then they went on still farther, till the foal said again, "Look behind, and see whether Wednesday is still pursuing!"--He looked behind, and there, sure enough, was Wednesday running after them, and he was not very far off either.--"Wave thy kerchief!" said the foal. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 farther far ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 16 behind behind ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 20 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 still still ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 pursuing pursue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ! ! PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 behind behind ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 36 enough enough ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 40 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 41 after after ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 very very ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 advmod _ _ 50 off off ADV RB _ 3 parataxis _ _ 51 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Wave wave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 56 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 kerchief kerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ 60 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | bridegrooms *= bridegroom* | | | | then | far *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the foal | | | | again | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | behind *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **pursue** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Wednesday | | | | still | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | past | foal | | | | | behind *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | past | | Wednesday | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **run** | gerund | bridegrooms *= bridegroom* *not said here* | | | | after bridegrooms *= bridegroom* | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | foal | | | | | either, far, off *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **wave** *in a quote* | infinitive | bridegrooms *= bridegroom* *not said here* | thy kerchief | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kerchief=Patient | | 11 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the foal | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/173/) - next →: [sentence 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/175/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)