--- title: Then she went to the field, and before one could whistle she had cle… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she went to the field, and before one could whistle she had cleaned it of weeds and harrowed it and sown it with wheat, and by dawn she had reaped the wheat and cooked the roll and brought it to him, and said, "Now, take it to her hut and put it on her table." Who acts: Promise, one. 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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 (Promise, one), 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:pg29672:24:85 # text = Then she went to the field, and before one could whistle she had cleaned it of weeds and harrowed it and sown it with wheat, and by dawn she had reaped the wheat and cooked the roll and brought it to him, and said, "Now, take it to her hut and put it on her table." 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 whistle whistle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 cleaned clean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 weeds weed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 harrowed harrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 sown sown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 reaped reap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 cooked cook VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 roll roll NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 ccomp _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Promise | | | the field | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to field=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **whistle** | could | one | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **clean** | past · perfect | Promise | field | | | | of weeds | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme of weed=Source | | 4 | **harrow** | past | Promise *not said here* | field | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sown** | infinitive | Promise *not said here* | field | | | | with wheat | tree rules | | 6 | **reap** | past · perfect · passive | | Promise | | | dawn | | tree rules | | 7 | **cook** | past | | the roll | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent roll=Patient | | 8 | **bring** | past | | wheat | roll | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Destination | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Promise *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | wheat | | Promise's hut | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to hut=Destination | | 11 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | | wheat | | Promise's table | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on table=Destination | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/86/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)