--- title: Dost _thou_ know her?"--But the Tsarevich said, "Whoever will tell m… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Dost _thou_ know her?"--But the Tsarevich said, "Whoever will tell me who this great lady is, to him will I give a sack-load of gold ducats!"--Then they inquired and inquired, and laid all their heads together, but nothing came of it. Who acts: thou, Tsarevich, Whoever, great lady. 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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, Tsarevich, Whoever, great lady), 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:pg29672:15:67 # text = Dost _thou_ know her?"--But the Tsarevich said, "Whoever will tell me who this great lady is, to him will I give a sack-load of gold ducats!"--Then they inquired and inquired, and laid all their heads together, but nothing came of it. 1 Dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 _ _ AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Tsarevich Tsarevich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 18 ccomp _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 ducats ducat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 52 together together ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 56 nsubj _ _ 56 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | | thou | Lady | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Tsarevich | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | Whoever | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | present | this great lady | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | future | I | a sack load of gold ducats | Tsarevich | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent load=Theme to he=Recipient | | 7 | **inquire** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | ducats *= ducat* | | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **inquire** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | ducats *= ducat* *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **lay** *in a quote* | past | the Tsarevich *not said here* | ducats's heads | | | | together *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Result | | 10 | **come** *in a quote* | past | nothing | | | | | of head | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of it=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/68/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/)