--- title: His fellow-servants did all they could to make him come with them, a… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: His fellow-servants did all they could to make him come with them, and now and then enticed him into the tavern, but they could never get him to stay there long, and he always wandered away by himself through the woods. Who acts: fellow servants, gentleman, servants. 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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 (fellow servants, gentleman, servants), 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:pg29672:9:2 # text = His fellow-servants did all they could to make him come with them, and now and then enticed him into the tavern, but they could never get him to stay there long, and he always wandered away by himself through the woods. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 enticed entice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tavern tavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 40 advmod _ _ 40 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obl _ _ 44 through through ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | gentleman's fellow servants | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | gentleman's fellow servants *not said here* | gentleman | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | gentleman *not said here* | | | | | with servants *= servant* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **entice** | past | | gentleman | | | now; then | into the tavern *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient into tavern=Result | | 5 | **not** **get** | could | servants *= servant* | gentleman | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stay** | to-infinitive | gentleman *not said here* | | | there | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wander away** | past | gentleman | | | the woods | | by gentleman; always, away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Trajectory | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/3/) - ↑ back to [The Serpent-wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/)