--- title: Look now, husband," cried she, "make me a straw ox, and smear it all… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Look now, husband," cried she, "make me a straw ox, and smear it all over with tar."--"Why, you foolish woman!" said he, "what's the good of an ox of that sort?"--"Never mind," said she, "you just make it. Who acts: you, husband, foolish woman, woman. 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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, husband, foolish woman, woman), 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:pg29672:14:5 # text = Look now, husband," cried she, "make me a straw ox, and smear it all over with tar."--"Why, you foolish woman!" said he, "what's the good of an ox of that sort?"--"Never mind," said she, "you just make it. 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 smear smear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 all all ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 over over ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 tar tar NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 ccomp _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 ccomp _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ? ? PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ 57 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 " " PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 just just ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 ccomp _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | husband | woman | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a straw ox | me | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary ox=Product | | 4 | **smear** | infinitive | you *not said here* | ox | | | | with tar; over *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with tar=Theme | | 5 | **woman** | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | foolish woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | | | of a ox of that sort; good *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **mind** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **make** | present | you | ox | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/6/) - ↑ back to [The Straw Ox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/14/)