--- title: I am burning!"--"How can I save thee," he cried, "when I myself cann… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I am burning!"--"How can I save thee," he cried, "when I myself cannot draw near?"--"Oh! give me thy weapon!" cried the voice, "and I'll seize hold of it, and then thou canst pull me out." Who acts: I, Daniel, thou. 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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 (I, Daniel, thou), 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:pg29672:10:46 # text = I am burning!"--"How can I save thee," he cried, "when I myself cannot draw near?"--"Oh! give me thy weapon!" cried the voice, "and I'll seize hold of it, and then thou canst pull me out." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 25 near near ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 38 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 47 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 53 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nsubj _ _ 54 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 56 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 out out ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **save** | can | I | thee | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | Daniel | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **draw** | can | I | | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | Daniel *not said here* | thy weapon | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient weapon=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | | the voice | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Topic | | 7 | **seize** | future | I | hold of voice | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 8 | **pull out** | can | thou | me | | | then | | tree rules | | 9 | **hold** | | | voice | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/47/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Unlucky Daniel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/)