--- title: They remained outside a long time, and then the serpent came in agai… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They remained outside a long time, and then the serpent came in again, and said to the prince, "There is no time for anything more to-day, but we'll begin again early to-morrow morning. Who acts: ears, serpent, time, we. 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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 (ears, serpent, time, we), 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:pg29672:26:71 # text = They remained outside a long time, and then the serpent came in again, and said to the prince, "There is no time for anything more to-day, but we'll begin again early to-morrow morning. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 outside outside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 in in ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 again again ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 26 nmod _ _ 29 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 amod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | ears *= ear* | | | | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come in** | past | the serpent | | | | then; again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ears *= ear* *not said here* | | the prince | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no time for anything | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **begin** *in a quote* | future | we | | | | again | early *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/72/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/)