--- title: So they bethought them, and then they went to the nobleman and said,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they bethought them, and then they went to the nobleman and said, "Tremsin says that to get the Bird Zhar was nothing, and that he is also able to get the thrice-lovely Nastasia of the sea." Who acts: servants, Tremsin, Bird Zhar, nobleman. 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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 (servants, Tremsin, Bird Zhar, nobleman), 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:pg29672:8:166 # text = So they bethought them, and then they went to the nobleman and said, "Tremsin says that to get the Bird Zhar was nothing, and that he is also able to get the thrice-lovely Nastasia of the sea." 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 also also ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 thrice thrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 Nastasia Nastasia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bethink** | past | servants *= servant* | TREMSIN | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | servants *= servant* | | | the nobleman | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to nobleman=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | servants *= servant* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Tremsin | that | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Tremsin *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the Bird Zhar | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | nobleman | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | nobleman *not said here* | the lovely Nastasia of the sea | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nastasia=Stimulus | 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 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/165/) - next →: [sentence 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/167/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)