--- title: So when they got to the wild steppes, Tremsin stripped himself naked… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So when they got to the wild steppes, Tremsin stripped himself naked and flung himself in the grass, and, immediately, the Bird Zhar swooped down and began pecking all about him, and at last she pecked at his eyes. Who acts: claws, Tremsin, Bird Zhar, ZHAR. 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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 (claws, Tremsin, Bird Zhar, ZHAR), 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:pg29672:8:163 # text = So when they got to the wild steppes, Tremsin stripped himself naked and flung himself in the grass, and, immediately, the Bird Zhar swooped down and began pecking all about him, and at last she pecked at his eyes. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 steppes steppe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stripped strip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 swooped swoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 down down ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 32 pecking peck VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 xcomp _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 pecked peck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | claws *= claw* | | | | | to the wild steppes *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to steppe=Result | | 2 | **strip** | past | Tremsin | instant | | | | naked *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 3 | **fling** | past | Tremsin *not said here* | instant | | the grass | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in grass=Destination | | 4 | **swoop down** | past | the Bird Zhar | | | | | immediately *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | past | the Bird Zhar *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **peck** | gerund | the Bird Zhar *not said here* | | | | | about instant | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **peck** | past | ZHAR | | | | | at instant's eyes; at last | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at last=Patient | 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 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/162/) - next →: [sentence 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/164/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)