--- title: And the bear said to him, "Tell me, daddy, what are you sharpening y… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the bear said to him, "Tell me, daddy, what are you sharpening your knife for?"--"To flay your skin off, that I may make a leather jacket for myself and a pelisse for my old wife."--"Oh! don't flay me, daddy dear! Who acts: bear, hare. 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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 (bear, hare), 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:pg29672:14:43 # text = And the bear said to him, "Tell me, daddy, what are you sharpening your knife for?"--"To flay your skin off, that I may make a leather jacket for myself and a pelisse for my old wife."--"Oh! don't flay me, daddy dear! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 daddy daddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 sharpening sharpen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 To to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 flay flay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 jacket jacket NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 pelisse pelisse NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 55 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ _ 53 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 54 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 flay flay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 56 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 daddy daddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the bear | | hare | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | daddy | the bear *= bear* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient daddy=Topic | | 3 | **sharpen** *in a quote* | present · progressive | hare | daddy | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **flay off** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | your skin | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | may | the bear *= bear* | a leather jacket and a pelisse | | | | for the bear *= bear*; for my old wife | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent jacket=Material for wife=Beneficiary | | 6 | **not** **flay** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the bear *not said here* | the bear *= bear* | | | | daddy *obl*; dear *property* | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/44/) - ↑ back to [The Straw Ox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/)