--- title: So they brought his horse, and, taking off his clothes, he plunged i… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they brought his horse, and, taking off his clothes, he plunged into the vat, but as he did so the horse snorted so violently that all the boiling milk leaped up in the air and the man seized the ring and gave it back to the Tsar. Who acts: feathers, brother, horse, boiling milk. 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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 (feathers, brother, horse, boiling milk), 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:pg29672:24:194 # text = So they brought his horse, and, taking off his clothes, he plunged into the vat, but as he did so the horse snorted so violently that all the boiling milk leaped up in the air and the man seized the ring and gave it back to the Tsar. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 plunged plunge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 vat vat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 snorted snort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 violently violently ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 boiling boiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 35 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 43 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 back back ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | feathers *= feather* | | brother's horse | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination | | 2 | **take off** | gerund | feathers *= feather* *not said here* | brother's clothes | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 3 | **plunge** | past | brother | | | the vat | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into vat=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **do** | past | brother | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **snort** | past | the horse | | | | | violently *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **leap up** | participle | | all boiling milk and the man *not said here* | | the air | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory | | 7 | **seize** | past | all boiling milk and the man | the ring | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | | 8 | **give back** | past | all boiling milk and the man *not said here* | ring | the Tsar | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to tsar=Recipient | 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 193](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/193/) - next →: [sentence 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/195/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)