--- title: I have a mighty host, and when the time comes for you to sit down on… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I have a mighty host, and when the time comes for you to sit down on the bridal bench, we'll surround your house with three strong rows of soldiers, and _they_ won't let the Iron Wolf get at you, I can tell you." Who acts: I, time, we, soldiers. 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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 (I, time, we, soldiers), 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:pg29672:17:23 # text = I have a mighty host, and when the time comes for you to sit down on the bridal bench, we'll surround your house with three strong rows of soldiers, and _they_ won't let the Iron Wolf get at you, I can tell you." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 surround surround VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 29 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ _ 38 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 39 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Iron Iron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | a mighty host | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Patient | | 2 | **come** | present | the time | | | | | for you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sit down** | to-infinitive | the time *not said here* | | | the bridal bench | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=Location | | 4 | **surround** | future | we | your house | | | | with three strong rows of soldiers | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Destination with row=Theme | | 5 | **not** **let** | future | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get** | present | the Iron Wolf | | | | | at you | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/24/) - ↑ back to [The Iron Wolf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/)