--- title: And here thou hast a bundle of raw flax; unravel it, heckle it, wind… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And here thou hast a bundle of raw flax; unravel it, heckle it, wind it on to thy spindles, bleach it, weave with it, and make it into fine cloth for me by the evening!"--Then the girl drove out the heifer to graze. Who acts: thou, girl. 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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 (thou, girl), 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:pg29672:15:22 # text = And here thou hast a bundle of raw flax; unravel it, heckle it, wind it on to thy spindles, bleach it, weave with it, and make it into fine cloth for me by the evening!"--Then the girl drove out the heifer to graze. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 raw raw ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 unravel unravel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 heckle heckle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 on on ADP RP _ 17 compound _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 spindles spindle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 bleach bleach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 weave weave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 graze graze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | thou | a bundle of raw flax | | here | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Patient | | 2 | **unravel** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | flax | | | | wind to thy spindles *obl* | tree rules | | 3 | **heckle** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | flax | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bleach** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | flax | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **weave** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | with flax | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | flax | | fine cloth | evening | for me | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.product PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Material into cloth=Product for i=Beneficiary | | 7 | **drive out** *in a quote* | past | the girl | the heifer | | | then | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heifer=Theme | | 8 | **graze** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/23/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/)