--- title: Again he went to the forest for more wood, and the starling said to… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Again he went to the forest for more wood, and the starling said to him, "Not so fast, not so fast, little Tsar, for thy dogs have already gnawed their way through all the doors, and are now resting!" 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:pg29672:6:28 # text = Again he went to the forest for more wood, and the starling said to him, "Not so fast, not so fast, little Tsar, for thy dogs have already gnawed their way through all the doors, and are now resting!" 1 Again again ADV RB _ 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 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 starling starling NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 already already ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 gnawed gnaw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 46 resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Tsar | | | the forest | again | for more wood | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the starling | | Tsar | | | fast *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **gnaw** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | thy dogs | | all doors | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rest** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Tsar *not said here* | | | | now | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/29/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/)