--- title: Then he went into the courtyard again, and the starling met him and… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he went into the courtyard again, and the starling met him and said, "Not so fast, not so fast, little Tsar; be as slow as thou canst, for thy dogs have gnawed their way through six doors." Who acts: Tsar, starling. 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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, starling), 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:pg29672:6:23 # text = Then he went into the courtyard again, and the starling met him and said, "Not so fast, not so fast, little Tsar; be as slow as thou canst, for thy dogs have gnawed their way through six doors." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 starling starling NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 as as ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 gnawed gnaw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 through through ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Tsar | | | the courtyard | then; again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into courtyard=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **meet** | past | the starling | Tsar | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the starling *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tsar *not said here* | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **gnaw** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | thy dogs | | six doors | | | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/24/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/)