--- title: He carried her to a place where lay a felled oak, with two branches… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He carried her to a place where lay a felled oak, with two branches one on the top of the other, and put the hare on the lower branch; then he ran under the branch and kissed the hare, but took good care that the branch should be between them. Who acts: fox. 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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 (fox), 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:pg29672:7:23 # text = He carried her to a place where lay a felled oak, with two branches one on the top of the other, and put the hare on the lower branch; then he ran under the branch and kissed the hare, but took good care that the branch should be between them. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 8 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 felled fell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nmod _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 31 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 under under ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 cop _ _ 53 between between ADP IN _ 45 obj _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | fox | hare | | a place | | with two branches one on the top of the other | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to place=Destination | | 2 | **lay** | present | | a felled oak | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oak=Result | | 3 | **fell** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | fox *not said here* | the hare | | the lower branch | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme on branch=Destination | | 5 | **run** | past | fox | | | the branch | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under branch=Trajectory | | 6 | **kiss** | past | fox *not said here* | the hare | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Co-Agent | | 7 | **take** | past | fox *not said here* | good care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument care=Theme between=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/7/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/7/24/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/7/)