--- title: But the wood that he had cut was rotten and very very dry, so that i… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the wood that he had cut was rotten and very very dry, so that it burned most fiercely, and he took and sprinkled it with water, and sprinkled it again and again, so that it might not burn too much. Who acts: Tsar, wood. 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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, wood), 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:pg29672:6:18 # text = But the wood that he had cut was rotten and very very dry, so that it burned most fiercely, and he took and sprinkled it with water, and sprinkled it again and again, so that it might not burn too much. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 19 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 20 advmod _ _ 20 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 44 too too ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 much much ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past · perfect | Tsar | the wood *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Product | | 2 | **is** | past | the wood | | | | | rotten *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the wood *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **burn** | past | wood | | | | | fiercely *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | Tsar | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sprinkle** | past | Tsar *not said here* | wood | | | | with water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with water=Theme | | 7 | **sprinkle** | past | Tsar *not said here* | wood | | | again | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **not** **burn** | might | wood | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/19/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/)