--- title: Henceforth he never took his eyes off the gnat, and when he had begu… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Henceforth he never took his eyes off the gnat, and when he had begun to walk round the twenty-one daughters for the third time, the gnat sat on the nose of the youngest, and began to bite her. Who acts: prince, gnat. 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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, gnat), 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:pg29672:26:121 # text = Henceforth he never took his eyes off the gnat, and when he had begun to walk round the twenty-one daughters for the third time, the gnat sat on the nose of the youngest, and began to bite her. 1 Henceforth henceforth ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 off off ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gnat gnat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 round round ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 amod _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 gnat gnat NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** | past | prince | prince's eyes | | the gnat | | henceforth *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme off gnat=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **begin** | past · perfect | prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **walk** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | time | round the one daughters | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round daughter=Trajectory | | 4 | **sit** | past | the gnat | | | the nose of the youngest | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on nose=Location | | 5 | **begin** | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **bite** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | sign | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/122/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/)