--- title: He looked all about him as he went, and at last he saw, sitting down… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He looked all about him as he went, and at last he saw, sitting down, an old goat with two large horns--it was the Devil himself, but of course he didn't know that. Who acts: man, goat. 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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 (man, goat), 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:pg29672:25:17 # text = He looked all about him as he went, and at last he saw, sitting down, an old goat with two large horns--it was the Devil himself, but of course he didn't know that. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 xcomp _ _ 17 down down ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 24 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 39 advmod _ _ 35 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 fixed _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 38 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | man | raven | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | past | man | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | man | | | last | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **sit down** | gerund | man *not said here* | a old goat with two large horns | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | goat | the Devil | | | | man *nmod* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | man | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/18/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/)