--- title: But looking closer, I saw that it was quite full; so I bethought me… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But looking closer, I saw that it was quite full; so I bethought me that I would drink thereof, and I leaned over, when lo! that Evil-wanton (I mean the Devil) caught me by the beard and would not let me go. Who acts: I, water, Evil wanton, me. 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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 (I, water, Evil wanton, me), 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:pg29672:4:84 # text = But looking closer, I saw that it was quite full; so I bethought me that I would drink thereof, and I leaned over, when lo! that Evil-wanton (I mean the Devil) caught me by the beard and would not let me go. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 3 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 quite quite ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 leaned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 over over ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 41 mark _ _ 29 lo lo INTJ UH _ 41 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 32 Evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 wanton wanton NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 41 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | water | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bethink** | past | I | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **drink** | would | I | | | | | thereof *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **learn over** | past | I | | | | | over *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mean** | present | I | the Devil | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent devil=Topic | | 8 | **catch** | past | that Evil wanton | me | | | | by the beard | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 9 | **not** **let** | would | that Evil wanton *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/85/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)