--- title: I'll steal the man's mead; and you, Mr Wolf, steal his fat-pot; and… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I'll steal the man's mead; and you, Mr Wolf, steal his fat-pot; and you, Mr Wildboar, root up his fruit-trees; and you, Mr Bunny, go and invite the fox and the cat to dinner." Who acts: I, you. 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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, you), 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:pg29672:13:12 # text = I'll steal the man's mead; and you, Mr Wolf, steal his fat-pot; and you, Mr Wildboar, root up his fruit-trees; and you, Mr Bunny, go and invite the fox and the cat to dinner." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 mead mead NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 steal steal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 17 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 Wildboar Wildboar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 27 root root VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 30 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 Bunny Bunny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | future | I | the man's mead | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mead=Theme | | 2 | **steal** | present | you | Mr's fat pot | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pot=Theme | | 3 | **root up** | present | you | Mr's fruit trees | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **invite** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | the fox and the cat | | | to dinner | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/13/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/13/13/) - ↑ back to [The Fox and the Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/13/)