--- title: But while he had been away from home, there had been born to him a T… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But while he had been away from home, there had been born to him a Tsarevko[8] and a Tsarivna; and they grew up not by the day, or even by the hour, but by the minute: never were known such fine children. Who acts: TSAR, Tsarevko. 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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 (TSAR, Tsarevko), 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:pg29672:4:79 # text = But while he had been away from home, there had been born to him a Tsarevko[8] and a Tsarivna; and they grew up not by the day, or even by the hour, but by the minute: never were known such fine children. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Tsarevko Tsarevko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Tsarivna Tsarivna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 48 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | TSAR | | | home | | away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | past · perfect · passive | | a Tsarevko and a Tsarivna | TSAR | there | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» | | 3 | **grow up** | past | Tsarevko | | | | day | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **know** | past · passive | Tsarevko *not said here* | such fine children | | | minute | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/80/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)