--- title: But in return for that," continued the Iron Wolf, "whenever thou dos… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But in return for that," continued the Iron Wolf, "whenever thou dost sit down on the bridal bench,[17] I'll come and eat thee."--"Well," thought the servant to himself, "a lot of things may happen before I sit down on the bridal bench and he comes to eat me, and in the meantime I shall get all thes --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/12/) [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 Iron Wolf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/) / 12 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Iron Wolf, sentence 12 But in return for that," continued the Iron Wolf, "whenever thou dost sit down on the bridal bench,\[17\] I'll come and eat thee."--"Well," thought the servant to himself, "a lot of things may happen before I sit down on the bridal bench and he comes to eat me, and in the meantime I shall get all these cattle. **Who acts:** thou, 17, lot, I, servant · **What happens:** continue, do, sit down, come, eat, think · **To what, where:** Iron Wolf, return, bridal bench, thee, servant, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Iron Wolf. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thou, 17, lot, I), 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:pg29672:17:12 # text = But in return for that," continued the Iron Wolf, "whenever thou dost sit down on the bridal bench,[17] I'll come and eat thee."--"Well," thought the servant to himself, "a lot of things may happen before I sit down on the bridal bench and he comes to eat me, and in the meantime I shall get all these cattle. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Iron Iron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 18 down down ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 17 17 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Well well INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 40 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 51 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 53 before before SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ _ 56 down down ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 72 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 75 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 77 det:predet _ _ 76 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 77 det _ _ 77 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** *in a quote* | past | | the Iron Wolf | | return for that | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | thou | | | | | whenever *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sit down** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | the bridal bench | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=Location | | 4 | **come** | future | 17 | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | infinitive | 17 *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | | the servant | servant | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot servant=Theme | | 7 | **happen** | may | a lot of things | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sit down** | present | I | | | the bridal bench | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=Location | | 9 | **come** | present | servant | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **eat** | to-infinitive | servant *not said here* | me | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 11 | **get** | shall | I | all cattle | | the meantime | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cattle=Stimulus | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/13/) - ↑ back to [The Iron Wolf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/)