--- title: But Tremsin sat upon the sea-shore till he saw the large white billo… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But Tremsin sat upon the sea-shore till he saw the large white billow bounding in, and behind the billow came his own horse, and behind his own horse came the thrice-terrible charger of the thrice-lovely Nastasia, with the whole herd at his heels. Who acts: Tremsin, SEA, large white billow. 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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, SEA, large white billow), 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:pg29672:8:206 # text = But Tremsin sat upon the sea-shore till he saw the large white billow bounding in, and behind the billow came his own horse, and behind his own horse came the thrice-terrible charger of the thrice-lovely Nastasia, with the whole herd at his heels. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 billow billow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 bounding bound VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 in in ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 behind behind ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 billow billow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 behind behind ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 charger charger NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Nastasia Nastasia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | Tremsin | | | the sea shore | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon shore=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | SEA | the large white billow | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer billow=Stimulus | | 3 | **bound** | gerund | the large white billow *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | Tremsin *not said here* | SEA's own horse | | the billow | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | Tremsin *not said here* | the thrice terrible charger of the lovely Nastasia | | | | behind SEA's own horse; with the whole herd at SEA's heels | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind horse=Location | 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 205](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/205/) - next →: [sentence 207](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/207/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)