--- title: So now, too, he began to laugh at the young Tsarevich and say to him… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So now, too, he began to laugh at the young Tsarevich and say to him, "I know how to find out who this fine lady is."--"How?" asked the young Tsarevich.--"I'll tell thee," said the jester; "smear with pitch the place in church where she is wont to stand. Who acts: Tsarevich, fine lady, young Tsarevi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/69/) [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/) / 69 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Golden Slipper, sentence 69 So now, too, he began to laugh at the young Tsarevich and say to him, "I know how to find out who this fine lady is."--"How?" asked the young Tsarevich.--"I'll tell thee," said the jester; "smear with pitch the place in church where she is wont to stand. **Who acts:** Tsarevich, fine lady, young Tsarevich, jester, Lady · **What happens:** begin, laugh, say, know, find out, be · **To what, where:** young Tsarevich, Tsarevich, thee · **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 (Tsarevich, fine lady, young Tsarevich, jester), 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:pg29672:15:69 # text = So now, too, he began to laugh at the young Tsarevich and say to him, "I know how to find out who this fine lady is."--"How?" asked the young Tsarevich.--"I'll tell thee," said the jester; "smear with pitch the place in church where she is wont to stand. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Tsarevich Tsarevich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 28 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 38 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 Tsarevich Tsarevich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 51 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 jester jester NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 " " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 smear smear NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 ccomp _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 pitch pitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 appos _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 63 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 66 advmod _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 66 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 acl:relcl _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Tsarevich | | | | now | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **laugh** | to-infinitive | Tsarevich *not said here* | | | the young Tsarevich | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Tsarevich *not said here* | | Tsarevich | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the Tsarevich *= tsarevich* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **find out** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | present | this fine lady | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot who=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the young Tsarevich | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | the young Tsarevich *= tsarevich* | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the jester | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Lady | | | | | wont *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **stand** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/70/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/15/)