--- title: Who are you?" it asked the ox.--"I'm a three-year-old heifer, stuffe… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Who are you?" it asked the ox.--"I'm a three-year-old heifer, stuffed with straw and daubed with tar."--"Then give me some of your tar to smear my sides with, when those dogs and sons of dogs tear my hide!"--"Take some," said the ox. Who acts: you, I, dogs. 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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, I, dogs), 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:pg29672:14:37 # text = Who are you?" it asked the ox.--"I'm a three-year-old heifer, stuffed with straw and daubed with tar."--"Then give me some of your tar to smear my sides with, when those dogs and sons of dogs tear my hide!"--"Take some," said the ox. 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 stuffed stuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 daubed daub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 tar tar NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 tar tar NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 smear smear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 when when SCONJ WRB _ 54 mark _ _ 48 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 54 tear tear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 -- -- PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 62 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ 65 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 65 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | | the ox | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent ox=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | present | I | a old heifer | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stuff** | participle | | a old heifer *not said here* | | | | with straw | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with straw=Theme | | 5 | **daub** | participle | | | | | | with tar | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tar=Theme | | 6 | **give** | infinitive | | some | me | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient some=Theme | | 7 | **smear** | to-infinitive | | my sides | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent side=Theme | | 8 | **tear** | present | that dogs and sons of dogs | my hide | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hide=Theme | | 9 | **take** | infinitive | | some | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the ox | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ox=Topic | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/38/) - ↑ back to [The Straw Ox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/)