--- title: Then Tremsin rode toward the tents, and while he was on the way his… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Tremsin rode toward the tents, and while he was on the way his horse said to him, "Now when I go to graze, do thou lie down and feign to sleep. Who acts: Tremsin, nobleman, horse. 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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 (Tremsin, nobleman, horse), 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:pg29672:8:172 # text = Then Tremsin rode toward the tents, and while he was on the way his horse said to him, "Now when I go to graze, do thou lie down and feign to sleep. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 toward toward ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 graze graze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 29 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obj _ _ 31 lie lie VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 32 down down ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 feign feign VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | Tremsin | | | | then | toward the tents | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | nobleman | | | the way | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | nobleman's horse | the way *not said here* | nobleman | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Topic to he=Recipient | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present | nobleman's horse *= horse* | | | | now | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **graze** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | nobleman's horse *= horse* *not said here* | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | thou | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 7 | **lie down** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **feign** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/171/) - next →: [sentence 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/173/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)