--- title: They went on and on, until the foal said again, "Look behind, is Wed… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They went on and on, until the foal said again, "Look behind, is Wednesday still pursuing?"--So he looked behind him and said, "No, now he is not there." Who acts: bridegrooms, foal, Wednesday. 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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:pg29672:24:176 # text = They went on and on, until the foal said again, "Look behind, is Wednesday still pursuing?"--So he looked behind him and said, "No, now he is not there." 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 15 behind behind ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 still still ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 pursuing pursue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 So so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 27 behind behind ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 39 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | bridegrooms *= bridegroom* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | 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 | **pursue** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Wednesday | | | | still | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **look** | past | foal | | | | | behind brother | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind he=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bridegrooms *= bridegroom* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | foal | | | | now | there *property* | 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 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/175/) - next →: [sentence 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/177/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)