--- title: As they drew nigh, deadly fear oppressed the heart of the prince, an… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As they drew nigh, deadly fear oppressed the heart of the prince, and he said to Ivan, "Mark me, Ivan! those pillars yonder are meant for _our_ heads!"--"That remains to be seen," replied Ivan Golik. Who acts: palaces, deadly fear, fear, That. 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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 (palaces, deadly fear, fear, That), 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:pg29672:25:103 # text = As they drew nigh, deadly fear oppressed the heart of the prince, and he said to Ivan, "Mark me, Ivan! those pillars yonder are meant for _our_ heads!"--"That remains to be seen," replied Ivan Golik. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 oppressed oppress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Mark mark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ 27 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ _ 36 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 nsubj _ _ 42 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ _ 48 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 49 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 Golik Golik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | palaces *= palace* | | | | | nigh *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **oppress** | past | deadly fear | the heart of the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | fear | | Ivan | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to ivan=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **mark** *in a quote* | infinitive | | fear | | | | Ivan *vocative* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **mean** *in a quote* | present · passive | | that pillars | | | | for our heads; yonder *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for head=Attribute | | 6 | **remain** *in a quote* | present | That | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | That *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 8 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Ivan | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/104/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/)