--- title: They came to the place where he had left her, and saw that the bucke… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They came to the place where he had left her, and saw that the bucket which was put up for the serpent was full of blood, but that the little Tsar's bucket was all dry and falling to pieces. Who acts: beasts, Tsarivna, bucket. 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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 (beasts, Tsarivna, bucket), 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:pg29672:7:4 # text = They came to the place where he had left her, and saw that the bucket which was put up for the serpent was full of blood, but that the little Tsar's bucket was all dry and falling to pieces. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 all all ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | beasts *= beast* | | | the place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | Tsarivna | horse | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | beasts *= beast* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **put up** | past · passive | | the bucket | | | | for the serpent | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 5 | **is** | past | the bucket | | | | | of blood; full *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | the little Tsar's bucket | | | | | all, dry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **fall** | gerund | the little Tsar's bucket *not said here* | | | | | to pieces | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to piece=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/7/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/7/5/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/7/)