--- title: So they turned aside, and the mice swept by in their hosts, but the… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they turned aside, and the mice swept by in their hosts, but the hindmost mouse turned round and said, "Thanks to thee, Ivan Golik, thou hast saved my host from perishing; I will save thine also." Who acts: IVAN, hindmost mouse. 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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 (IVAN, hindmost mouse), 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:pg29672:25:88 # text = So they turned aside, and the mice swept by in their hosts, but the hindmost mouse turned round and said, "Thanks to thee, Ivan Golik, thou hast saved my host from perishing; I will save thine also." 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 aside aside ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 hindmost hindmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 round round ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 vocative _ _ 30 Golik Golik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 from from SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 perishing perish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 43 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 also also ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | IVAN | the mice | | | | aside *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sweep** | participle | | the mice *not said here* | | | | by IVAN's hosts | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by host=Trajectory | | 3 | **turn round** | past | the hindmost mouse | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the hindmost mouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **save** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | thou | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary host=Theme | | 6 | **perish** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **save** *in a quote* | future | the hindmost mouse *= mouse* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/89/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/25/)