--- title: The prince wanted to go hunting after the mice, but Ivan Golik said,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The prince wanted to go hunting after the mice, but Ivan Golik said, "Nay, step aside and give place to the mice, so that not a single one of them lose a single hair!" Who acts: prince, Ivan, single 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 (prince, Ivan, single 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:pg29672:25:87 # text = The prince wanted to go hunting after the mice, but Ivan Golik said, "Nay, step aside and give place to the mice, so that not a single one of them lose a single hair!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 Golik Golik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 step step VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 20 aside aside ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 23 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hunt** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | | | | after the mice | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Ivan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **step** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | aside *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | place | the mice | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent place=Theme to mouse=Recipient | | 7 | **lose** *in a quote* | present | a single one of mice | a single hair | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/88/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/)