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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 (you, fool brothers, each), 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:pg22373:46:12 # text = "What are you about, fool! your brothers ordered you to pay us respect, and in return for that each of them was going to bring you a present, but there you lie on the stove and don't do a bit of work. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 fool fool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 respect respect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nmod _ _ 23 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 27 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 43 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | about, fool *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **order** *in a quote* | past | your fool brothers | | you | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **pay** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | your fool brothers *not said here* | | us | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **respect** *in a quote* | infinitive | your fool brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | past · progressive | each | | | return for that | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | each *not said here* | a present | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination present=Theme | | 7 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | you | | | the stove; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stove=Location | | 8 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | a bit of work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Eventuality | 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:** «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/13/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/46/)