--- title: So the children hastened away, but the husband came to the door and… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the children hastened away, but the husband came to the door and said, "Open the door!"--"Open the door thyself," replied the wife.--Again the husband bade her open the door, but she paid no heed to him. Who acts: children, husband, wife. 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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 (children, husband, wife), 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:pg29672:3:136 # text = So the children hastened away, but the husband came to the door and said, "Open the door!"--"Open the door thyself," replied the wife.--Again the husband bade her open the door, but she paid no heed to him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ! ! PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 31 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Again again SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 48 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 49 det _ _ 49 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hasten away** | participle | the children | | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **come** | past | the husband | | | the door | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the husband *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **open** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **open** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the door | | | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent door=Theme thyself=Destination | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the wife | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bade** | past | the husband | wife | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **open** | infinitive | the husband *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 9 | **pay** | past | wife | no heed | husband | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Asset | 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/137/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)