--- title: Then the serpent got up and said, "Well, prince, now let us come dow… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the serpent got up and said, "Well, prince, now let us come down into the courtyard; they'll soon bring out the horse, and we'll see what thou dost make of it." Who acts: serpent, us, guests, 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 (serpent, us, guests, 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:pg29672:26:80 # text = Then the serpent got up and said, "Well, prince, now let us come down into the courtyard; they'll soon bring out the horse, and we'll see what thou dost make of it." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Well well INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 16 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 down down ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 37 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 make make NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | the serpent | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the serpent *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | now | | tree rules | | 4 | **come down** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | the courtyard | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into courtyard=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **bring out** *in a quote* | future | guests *= guest* | the horse | | | | soon *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | future | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | present | thou | make of horse | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent make=Eventuality | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | | | horse | | | | | nom make «cognition transitive»: of=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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/81/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/)