--- title: The heifer came to her and said, "Tell me, dear little maiden, where… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The heifer came to her and said, "Tell me, dear little maiden, wherefore dost thou weep?"--"Why should I _not_ weep," she said, "when they want to kill thee?"--"Don't grieve," said the heifer, "it will all come right. Who acts: heifer, daughter, man, weep. 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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 (heifer, daughter, man, weep), 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:pg29672:15:32 # text = The heifer came to her and said, "Tell me, dear little maiden, wherefore dost thou weep?"--"Why should I _not_ weep," she said, "when they want to kill thee?"--"Don't grieve," said the heifer, "it will all come right. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 13 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obj _ _ 20 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ _ 31 weep weep NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 49 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 grieve grieve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ 53 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 " " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 all all ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 62 right right ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the heifer | | daughter | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the heifer *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the heifer *= heifer* | | | dear *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | | thou | | | | wherefore *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **weep** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **weep** *in a quote* | should | daughter | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | daughter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **want** *in a quote* | present | man | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **kill** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 10 | **not** **grieve** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the heifer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **come** *in a quote* | future | weep | | | | | all, right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/33/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/)