--- title: But his wife caressed and wheedled him again, and said, "Nay, but te… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But his wife caressed and wheedled him again, and said, "Nay, but tell me, wherein doth thy strength lie?"--"My strength, darling," said he, "lies in my boots." Who acts: wife, thy. 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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 (wife, thy), 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:pg29672:10:78 # text = But his wife caressed and wheedled him again, and said, "Nay, but tell me, wherein doth thy strength lie?"--"My strength, darling," said he, "lies in my boots." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 caressed caress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wheedled wheedle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 21 doth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 darling darling NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **caress** | past | Daniel's wife | | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wheedle** | past | Daniel's wife *not said here* | Daniel | | | again | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | present | | thy strength lie | | | | wherein *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lie** *in a quote* | | thy | | | | | | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/79/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Unlucky Daniel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/)