--- title: Then, in the hour of his dire necessity, his old friends Schurka (th… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then, in the hour of his dire necessity, his old friends Schurka (the dog) and Waska (the cat) remembered how Martin had once saved them from a cruel death; and they took counsel together as to how they should help him. Who acts: Schurka, dogs. 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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 (Schurka, dogs), 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:pg640:33:146 # text = Then, in the hour of his dire necessity, his old friends Schurka (the dog) and Waska (the cat) remembered how Martin had once saved them from a cruel death; and they took counsel together as to how they should help him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 dire dire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 necessity necessity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 14 Schurka Schurka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 Waska Waska PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 21 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 25 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 27 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 30 advmod _ _ 30 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 40 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 together together ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 42 fixed _ _ 44 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | Schurka and Waska | King's old friends *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **save** | past · perfect · passive | | Martin | | a cruel death | | once *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | dogs *= dog* | counsel | | | | together *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | | 4 | **help** | should | dogs *= dog* | | Martin | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | 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:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/145/) - next →: [sentence 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/147/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)