--- title: Then they went along by the sea, and the horse said to him, "Let me… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they went along by the sea, and the horse said to him, "Let me out to graze, and then keep watch till thou seest a crab come forth from the sea, and then say to him, 'I'll catch thee.'"--So Tremsin let his horse out to graze, and he himself stood by the sea-shore, and watched and watched till h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/189/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/) / 189 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, sentence 189 Then they went along by the sea, and the horse said to him, "Let me out to graze, and then keep watch till thou seest a crab come forth from the sea, and then say to him, 'I'll catch thee.'"--So Tremsin let his horse out to graze, and he himself stood by the sea-shore, and watched and watched till he saw a crab come swimming along. **Who acts:** TREMSIN, horse, thou, crab · **What happens:** go along, say, let out, graze, keep, see · **To what, where:** SEA, horse, watch, crab, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Vampire and St Michael. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (TREMSIN, horse, thou, crab), 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:pg29672:8:189 # text = Then they went along by the sea, and the horse said to him, "Let me out to graze, and then keep watch till thou seest a crab come forth from the sea, and then say to him, 'I'll catch thee.'"--So Tremsin let his horse out to graze, and he himself stood by the sea-shore, and watched and watched till he saw a crab come swimming along. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 along along ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 graze graze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 26 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 till till SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 29 seest see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 33 forth forth ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 So so ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 54 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 out out ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 graze graze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 63 nmod:unmarked _ _ 65 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 advcl _ _ 66 by by ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 68 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 parataxis _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 conj _ _ 76 till till SCONJ IN _ 78 mark _ _ 77 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 78 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 ccomp _ _ 79 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obj _ _ 81 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 82 swimming swim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 81 xcomp _ _ 83 along along ADV RB _ 82 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go along** | past | TREMSIN | | | | then | by the sea; along *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sea=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the horse | | SEA | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **let out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the horse *= horse* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **graze** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the horse *= horse* *not said here* | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | | watch | | | then | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | present | thou | a crab | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crab=Stimulus | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | present | | | | the sea | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sea=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | SEA | | then | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 9 | **catch** *in a quote* | future | the horse *= horse* | thee | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 10 | **let out** | past | Tremsin | SEA's horse | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 11 | **graze** | to-infinitive | Tremsin *not said here* | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **stand** | past | crab | | | | | by the sea shore | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by shore=Location | | 13 | **watch** | past | | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **watch** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **see** | past | crab | a crab | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crab=Stimulus | | 16 | **come** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 17 | **swim** | gerund | | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/188/) - next →: [sentence 190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/190/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)