--- title: So they hid them in the straw, and just as the guards had ceased kno… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they hid them in the straw, and just as the guards had ceased knocking at the doors as they went their rounds, sparks began to flash beneath the straw roof, and the Tsarivna coughed. Who acts: guards, sparks, Tsarivna. 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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 (guards, sparks, Tsarivna), 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:pg29672:27:32 # text = So they hid them in the straw, and just as the guards had ceased knocking at the doors as they went their rounds, sparks began to flash beneath the straw roof, and the Tsarivna coughed. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 16 knocking knock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 rounds round NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 sparks spark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 flash flash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Tsarivna Tsarivna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 coughed cough VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | guards *= guard* | legs *= leg* | | the straw | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient in straw=Location | | 2 | **cease** | past · perfect · passive | | the guards | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **knock** | gerund | guards *= guard* *not said here* | | | | | at the doors | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | | 4 | **go** | past | guards *= guard* | guards's rounds | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location round=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | past | sparks | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **flash** | to-infinitive | sparks *not said here* | | | the straw roof | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath roof=Location | | 7 | **cough** | past | the Tsarivna | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/27/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/27/33/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/27/)