--- title: The crows all flew away when they saw him, but among them was a rave… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The crows all flew away when they saw him, but among them was a raven that flew back again and said to him, "O man! in this village thou wilt never be able to live, for here there is neither luck nor happiness for thee, but go into another village and thou shalt do well!" 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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 (crows, raven, thou), 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:pg29672:25:6 # text = The crows all flew away when they saw him, but among them was a raven that flew back again and said to him, "O man! in this village thou wilt never be able to live, for here there is neither luck nor happiness for thee, but go into another village and thou shalt do well!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 O o INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ! ! PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 34 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 43 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 44 expl _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 45 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 46 cc:preconj _ _ 46 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 47 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 48 cc _ _ 48 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 54 into into ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 56 det _ _ 56 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 60 nsubj _ _ 59 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 61 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ! ! PUNCT . _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | past | the crows | | | | | all, away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | crows *= crow* | him *= he* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | crows *= crow* | | | | | among a raven | tree rules | | 4 | **fly back** | past | a raven | | | | again | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | a raven *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | future | thou | this village *not said here* | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **live** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | the crows *not said here* | | | another village | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into village=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | shall | thou | | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/7/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/)