--- title: The next day she said to her own daughter, "Dear little daughter, dr… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The next day she said to her own daughter, "Dear little daughter, drive the heifer out to graze, and here is a little piece of flax for thee, unravel it and reel it, or unravel it not and reel it not as thou likest best, but bring it home with thee." Who acts: 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 (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:pg29672:15:17 # text = The next day she said to her own daughter, "Dear little daughter, drive the heifer out to graze, and here is a little piece of flax for thee, unravel it and reel it, or unravel it not and reel it not as thou likest best, but bring it home with thee." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 out out ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 graze graze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 unravel unravel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 reel reel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 unravel unravel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 reel reel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 48 as as ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 49 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 50 likest like ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 51 nsubj _ _ 51 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 home home ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | woman's own daughter and Dear little daughter | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to daughter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **drive out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the heifer | | | | out *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heifer=Theme | | 3 | **graze** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a little piece | | here | | of flax; for thee | tree rules | | 5 | **unravel** *in a quote* | infinitive | woman *not said here* | flax | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **reel** *in a quote* | infinitive | woman *not said here* | flax | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **unravel** *in a quote* | infinitive | woman *not said here* | flax | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **reel** *in a quote* | infinitive | woman *not said here* | flax | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | flax | | | | with thee; home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/18/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/)