--- title: Then he was wearied with her beseeching, and said to her, "My streng… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he was wearied with her beseeching, and said to her, "My strength lies in this sword of mine, and in my shirt, and so long as I have this shirt on, nobody can touch me." Who acts: strength, I, nobody. 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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 (strength, I, nobody), 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:pg29672:10:83 # text = Then he was wearied with her beseeching, and said to her, "My strength lies in this sword of mine, and in my shirt, and so long as I have this shirt on, nobody can touch me." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 wearied weary VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 beseeching beseeching NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 on on ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 39 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 41 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ 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 | **weary** | past · passive | | Daniel | | | then | with wife's beseeching | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | wife | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 3 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | My strength | | | this sword of mine | | in my shirt | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sword=Location | | 4 | **have on** *in a quote* | present | I | this shirt | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient | | 5 | **touch** *in a quote* | can | nobody | me | | | | long *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/84/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Unlucky Daniel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/10/)