--- title: One day he went strolling about in the forest as usual, far from any… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day he went strolling about in the forest as usual, far from any village and the haunts of men, when he came upon a huge Serpent, which wriggled straight up to him and said, "I am going to eat thee on the spot!" Who acts: gentleman, huge Serpent. 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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 (gentleman, huge Serpent), 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:pg29672:9:3 # text = One day he went strolling about in the forest as usual, far from any village and the haunts of men, when he came upon a huge Serpent, which wriggled straight up to him and said, "I am going to eat thee on the spot!" 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 strolling stroll VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 haunts haunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wriggled wriggle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 straight straight ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 up up ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 ccomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 obj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | gentleman | | | | day | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stroll** | gerund | gentleman *not said here* | | | any village and the haunts of men | | about the forest; as usual | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about forest=Trajectory | | 3 | **come** | past | gentleman | | | a huge Serpent | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon serpent=Location | | 4 | **wriggle** | past | a huge Serpent | | gentleman | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | gentleman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | gentleman | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | gentleman *not said here* | thee | | the spot | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/4/) - ↑ back to [The Serpent-wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/)