--- title: Dear little lady, sweet little lady, what are thy commands?" said sh… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Dear little lady, sweet little lady, what are thy commands?" said she.--"Give me," said she, "a grand dress and let me have a carriage and horses, for I would go to God's House!"--And immediately she was dressed in silk and satin, with golden slippers on her feet, and the carriage came up and she we --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Golden Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/) / 44 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Golden Slipper, sentence 44 Dear little lady, sweet little lady, what are thy commands?" said she.--"Give me," said she, "a grand dress and let me have a carriage and horses, for I would go to God's House!"--And immediately she was dressed in silk and satin, with golden slippers on her feet, and the carriage came up and she went to church. **Who acts:** commands, Dear little lady, Lady, me, I, carriage · **What happens:** be, say, give, let, have, go · **To what, where:** commands, Dear little lady, me, carriage, House, Lady · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Golden Slipper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (commands, Dear little lady, Lady, me), 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:pg29672:15:44 # text = Dear little lady, sweet little lady, what are thy commands?" said she.--"Give me," said she, "a grand dress and let me have a carriage and horses, for I would go to God's House!"--And immediately she was dressed in silk and satin, with golden slippers on her feet, and the carriage came up and she went to church. 1 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 commands command NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 let let VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 's 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 House house NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 And and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 satin satin NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 slippers slipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ _ 64 on on ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 71 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 72 up up ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 74 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 75 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 conj _ _ 76 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | thy commands | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | thy commands | Dear little lady and sweet little lady | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | | | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Dear little lady and sweet little lady | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | Lady | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | infinitive | me *not said here* | a carriage and horses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Patient | | 7 | **go** | would | I | | | God's House | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **dress** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Lady | | silk and satin | | with golden slippers on Lady's feet; immediately *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **come up** *in a quote* | past | the carriage | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Lady | | | church | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/45/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/)