--- title: He had three fields of standing corn, and when he came home one day… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He had three fields of standing corn, and when he came home one day his labourers said to him, "Thy corn is not gathered in yet, though it is standing all ripe on its stalks." Who acts: Serpent, labourers, field. 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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 (Serpent, labourers, field), 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:pg29672:9:27 # text = He had three fields of standing corn, and when he came home one day his labourers said to him, "Thy corn is not gathered in yet, though it is standing all ripe on its stalks." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 13 home home ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 labourers labourer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 yet yet ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 35 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 ripe ripe ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 stalks stalk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Serpent | three fields of standing corn | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Patient | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | Serpent | | | | day | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Serpent's labourers | | Serpent | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **gather** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Thy corn | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **stand** *in a quote* | present · progressive | field | | | field's stalks | | ripe *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stalk=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/28/) - ↑ back to [The Serpent-wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/)