--- title: There he stood in the middle of the church, fenced himself about wit… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There he stood in the middle of the church, fenced himself about with his boards, strewed consecrated poppy-seed around him, incensed himself with holy incense, and read and read. Who acts: Michael, boards. 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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 (Michael, boards), 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:pg29672:8:97 # text = There he stood in the middle of the church, fenced himself about with his boards, strewed consecrated poppy-seed around him, incensed himself with holy incense, and read and read. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fenced fence VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 about about ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 boards board NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 strewed strew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 19 consecrated consecrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 20 poppy poppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 around around ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 incensed incense VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Michael | | | the middle of the church; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location | | 2 | **fence** | past | Michael *not said here* | Michael | | | | with Michael's boards; about *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination with board=Theme | | 3 | **strew** | participle | Michael's boards *not said here* | consecrated poppy seed | | | | around Michael | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent seed=Theme around he=Destination | | 4 | **consecrate** | participle | | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **incense** | past | Michael *not said here* | Michael | | | | with holy incense | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 6 | **read** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **read** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/98/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)