--- title: Find out for us wherein lies his strength, that we may destroy him a… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Find out for us wherein lies his strength, that we may destroy him and take thee away."--Then she began asking him, and he said to her, "Look now! all my strength is in these gloves." Who acts: you, we, Lead, Daniel. 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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, we, Lead, Daniel), 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:pg29672:10:74 # text = Find out for us wherein lies his strength, that we may destroy him and take thee away."--Then she began asking him, and he said to her, "Look now! all my strength is in these gloves." 1 Find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 5 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 25 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 xcomp _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for us | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lie** | present | you *not said here* | Daniel's strength | | | | wherein *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location strength=Theme | | 3 | **destroy** | may | we | Daniel | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **take away** | infinitive | we *not said here* | thee | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 5 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | Lead | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | Lead *not said here* | | Daniel | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Daniel | | Lead | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to she=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 8 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | now | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | present | my strength | | | this gloves | | | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/75/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Unlucky Daniel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/)