--- title: Then she whistled, and the mountain was levelled and the Dnieper flo… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she whistled, and the mountain was levelled and the Dnieper flowed over the site of it, and round about the Dnieper store-houses rose up, and then she came and woke him that he might go and sell the wheat to the merchant barques that sailed by that way, and when the she-dragon rose up early in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/94/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/) / 94 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Magic Egg, sentence 94 Then she whistled, and the mountain was levelled and the Dnieper flowed over the site of it, and round about the Dnieper store-houses rose up, and then she came and woke him that he might go and sell the wheat to the merchant barques that sailed by that way, and when the she-dragon rose up early in the morning she was amazed to see that everything had been done which she had commanded him. **Who acts:** dragon, Dnieper, Dnieper store houses, merchant barques, she dragon · **What happens:** whistle, levell, flow, rise up, come, wake · **To what, where:** mountain, site, house, wheat, merchant barques, everything · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Magic Egg. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dragon, Dnieper, Dnieper store houses, merchant barques), 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:pg29672:24:94 # text = Then she whistled, and the mountain was levelled and the Dnieper flowed over the site of it, and round about the Dnieper store-houses rose up, and then she came and woke him that he might go and sell the wheat to the merchant barques that sailed by that way, and when the she-dragon rose up early in the morning she was amazed to see that everything had been done which she had commanded him. 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 whistled whistle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 levelled levell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Dnieper Dnieper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 21 round round ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 22 about about SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 Dnieper Dnieper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 25 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 barques barque NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 57 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 62 advmod _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 59 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 63 up up ADP RP _ 62 compound:prt _ _ 64 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 62 advmod _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 68 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 cop _ _ 70 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 conj _ _ 71 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 72 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 advcl _ _ 73 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 det _ _ 74 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 77 nsubj:pass _ _ 75 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 76 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 77 aux:pass _ _ 77 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 72 ccomp _ _ 78 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 81 nsubj:pass _ _ 79 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj:pass _ _ 80 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 aux _ _ 81 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 77 advcl _ _ 82 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whistle** | past | dragon | | | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **levell** | past · passive | | the mountain | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **flow** | past | the Dnieper | | | the site of mountain | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over site=Location | | 4 | **rise up** | past | the Dnieper store houses | | | | | round *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | dragon | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **wake** | past | dragon *not said here* | house | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **go** | might | Dnieper | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sell** | infinitive | Dnieper *not said here* | the wheat | the merchant barques | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme to barque=Recipient | | 9 | **sail** | past | the merchant barques | | | | | by that way | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **rise up** | past | the she dragon | | | | | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** | past | dragon | | | | morning | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **see** | to-infinitive | dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 13 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | everything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 14 | **command** | past · perfect · passive | | house | | | | | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/95/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)