--- title: Thou must kill it on the spot."--"Nay, dear little heart! how can I… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Thou must kill it on the spot."--"Nay, dear little heart! how can I do such a thing?" said the Tsar.--"Slay it thou must, and slay it thou shalt!" cried the Tsarivna. Who acts: Thou, I, Tsar. 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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 (Thou, I, Tsar), 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:pg29672:10:105 # text = Thou must kill it on the spot."--"Nay, dear little heart! how can I do such a thing?" said the Tsar.--"Slay it thou must, and slay it thou shalt!" cried the Tsarivna. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 parataxis _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 22 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 24 det:predet _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Slay slay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 slay slay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 42 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 45 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Tsarivna Tsarivna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | must | Thou | court | | the spot | | dear little heart *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | can | I | such thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Tsar | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **slay** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | court | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **slay** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | court | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | | the Tsarivna | | | | | tree rules | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/106/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Unlucky Daniel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/)