--- title: So the Accursed One could get nothing out of the hearth-broom.--Then… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the Accursed One could get nothing out of the hearth-broom.--Then he cried to the hatchet, "Hatchet, hatchet, where has the Tsar hidden his children?"--The hatchet replied, "The Tsar has always been a good master to me. Who acts: Accursed One, broom, Tsar. 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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 (Accursed One, broom, Tsar), 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:pg29672:4:96 # text = So the Accursed One could get nothing out of the hearth-broom.--Then he cried to the hatchet, "Hatchet, hatchet, where has the Tsar hidden his children?"--The hatchet replied, "The Tsar has always been a good master to me. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 One one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 broom broom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 29 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 hidden hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 40 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 45 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 46 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 50 advmod _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accurs** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | could | the Accursed One | nothing | | the hearth broom | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | broom | | the hatchet and Hatchet and hatchet and the hatchet | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to hatchet=Recipient | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hide** *in a quote* | past | the Tsar | TSAR's children | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | | the hatchet *not said here* | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Tsar | a good master | broom | | | always *property* | tree rules | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/97/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)