--- title: Oh, mammy!" she said, "my head ached so the whole day, and the sun s… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Oh, mammy!" she said, "my head ached so the whole day, and the sun scorched so, that I couldn't go down to the stream to moisten the flax."--"Never mind," said her mother, "lie down and sleep; it will do for another day." Who acts: woman, head, sun, I. 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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, head, sun, I), 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:pg29672:15:20 # text = Oh, mammy!" she said, "my head ached so the whole day, and the sun scorched so, that I couldn't go down to the stream to moisten the flax."--"Never mind," said her mother, "lie down and sleep; it will do for another day." 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 mammy mammy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 ached ache VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 scorched scorch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 27 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 down down ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 moisten moisten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 51 down down ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 60 det _ _ 60 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **ache** | past | my head | | | | day | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **scorch** | participle | the sun | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **not** **go down** | could | I | | | | | to the stream; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **moisten** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the flax | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flax=Patient | | 6 | **not** **mind** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | woman *not said here* | woman's mother | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **lie down** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **sleep** | present | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **do** | future | flax | | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/21/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/)