--- title: And now," said the horse, "I shall plunge into the sea, and when tho… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And now," said the horse, "I shall plunge into the sea, and when thou seest a large red wave driving toward the shore, run away till the red wave has passed and thou dost see a white wave coming, and then sit down on the shore and keep watch. Who acts: I, thou, large red wave, white wave. 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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 (I, thou, large red wave, white wave), 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:pg29672:8:199 # text = And now," said the horse, "I shall plunge into the sea, and when thou seest a large red wave driving toward the shore, run away till the red wave has passed and thou dost see a white wave coming, and then sit down on the shore and keep watch. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 plunge plunge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seest see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 driving drive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 toward toward ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 30 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 49 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 50 down down ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 56 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the horse | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **plunge** | shall | I | | | the sea | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into sea=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** | present | thou | a large red wave | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wave=Stimulus | | 4 | **drive** | gerund | a large red wave *not said here* | | | the shore | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent toward shore=Trajectory | | 5 | **run away** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive | | the red wave | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 7 | **do** | present | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | a white wave | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wave=Stimulus | | 9 | **come** | gerund | a white wave *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **sit down** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | the shore | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shore=Location | | 11 | **keep** | infinitive | I *not said here* | watch | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=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 198](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/198/) - next →: [sentence 200](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/200/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)