--- title: Now the Tsarevko awoke at midnight, and saw in the right-hand corner… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the Tsarevko awoke at midnight, and saw in the right-hand corner a horse so gorgeously caparisoned that he could not resist rising at once and mounting it; and in the threshold corner there was a self-slicing sword, and in the third corner stood the dog _Protius_[9], and in the stove corner stoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Voices At the Window, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/) / 48 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Voices At the Window, part 2, sentence 48 Now the Tsarevko awoke at midnight, and saw in the right-hand corner a horse so gorgeously caparisoned that he could not resist rising at once and mounting it; and in the threshold corner there was a self-slicing sword, and in the third corner stood the dog \_Protius\_\[9\], and in the stove corner stood the dog \_Nedviga\_\[9\]. **Who acts:** Tsarevko, quarter · **What happens:** awake, see, caparison, not resist, rise, mount · **To what, where:** hand corner, corner, slicing sword, threshold corner, dog, third corner This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Voices At the Window, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsarevko, quarter), 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:pg29672:5:48 # text = Now the Tsarevko awoke at midnight, and saw in the right-hand corner a horse so gorgeously caparisoned that he could not resist rising at once and mounting it; and in the threshold corner there was a self-slicing sword, and in the third corner stood the dog _Protius_[9], and in the stove corner stood the dog _Nedviga_[9]. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Tsarevko Tsarevko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 gorgeously gorgeously ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 caparisoned caparison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 26 rising rise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 xcomp _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 26 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 mounting mount VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 threshold threshold NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 slicing slice VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 50 amod _ _ 50 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 51 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Protius Protius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 66 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 Nedviga Nedviga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | past | the Tsarevko | | | | now; midnight | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | the Tsarevko *not said here* | | | the hand corner and a horse | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **caparison** | participle | the Tsarevko *not said here* | | | | | gorgeously *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **resist** | could | quarter | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **rise** | gerund | quarter *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location | | 6 | **mount** | gerund | quarter *not said here* | corner | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **slice** | gerund | | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **is a** | past | | a slicing sword | | the threshold corner | | | tree rules | | 9 | **stand** | past | the Tsarevko *not said here* | the dog | | the third corner | | Protius *obl*; 9 *obl* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dog=Theme in corner=Destination | | 10 | **stand** | past | the Tsarevko *not said here* | the dog | | the stove corner | | Nedviga *obl*; 9 *obl* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dog=Theme in corner=Destination | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/49/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/)