--- title: On his way homeward, a great thirst suddenly fell upon him, so he tu… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On his way homeward, a great thirst suddenly fell upon him, so he turned aside into a lonely mountain where he knew, as his father had known before him, there was a spring of crystal-clear water. Who acts: great thirst, TSAR, spring. 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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 (great thirst, TSAR, spring), 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:pg29672:4:58 # text = On his way homeward, a great thirst suddenly fell upon him, so he turned aside into a lonely mountain where he knew, as his father had known before him, there was a spring of crystal-clear water. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 homeward homeward NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 aside aside ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 31 before before ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 35 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | a great thirst | | | TSAR's way homeward | | upon TSAR; suddenly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on homeward=Location | | 2 | **turn** | past | TSAR | | | a lonely mountain | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into mountain=Trajectory | | 3 | **know** | past | TSAR | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | TSAR's father | | | before TSAR | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **be** | past | a spring of clear water | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/59/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)