--- title: My stepmother has given me this flax and bidden me unravel it, and r… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: My stepmother has given me this flax and bidden me unravel it, and reel it, and bleach it, and bring it back as cloth in the evening."--"Grieve not, maiden!" said the heifer, "it will all turn out well. Who acts: stepmother. 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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 (stepmother), 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:pg29672:15:13 # text = My stepmother has given me this flax and bidden me unravel it, and reel it, and bleach it, and bring it back as cloth in the evening."--"Grieve not, maiden!" said the heifer, "it will all turn out well. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 unravel unravel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 reel reel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 bleach bleach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Grieve grieve VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 all all ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 50 out out ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · perfect · passive | | My stepmother | me | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bid** | participle | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **unravel** | infinitive | | flax | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **reel** | infinitive | | flax | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bleach** | infinitive | | flax | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **bring back** | infinitive | | flax | | | evening | as cloth | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **not** **grieve** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the heifer | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **turn out** | future | stepmother | | | | | all, well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/14/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/)