--- title: Will you let me pass the night here, good people?" said he; "only ta… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Will you let me pass the night here, good people?" said he; "only take care that the Iron Wolf does not get hold of me!"--"Have no fear!" said they, "we have a dog called Bary, who can hear a wolf coming twelve miles off. Who acts: you, me, dog, Iron Wolf. 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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 (you, me, dog, Iron Wolf), 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:pg29672:17:52 # text = Will you let me pass the night here, good people?" said he; "only take care that the Iron Wolf does not get hold of me!"--"Have no fear!" said they, "we have a dog called Bary, who can hear a wolf coming twelve miles off. 1 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 20 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Iron Iron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 28 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 49 Bary Bary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 52 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 parataxis _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 acl _ _ 57 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nummod _ _ 58 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl:unmarked _ _ 59 off off ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | future | you | me | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | infinitive | me *not said here* | good people | | here | night | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | dog | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 5 | **not** **get** | present · do-support | the Iron Wolf | hold of me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | present | | no fear | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | people | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | present | we | a dog | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient | | 9 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle | | a dog *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **hear** | can | a dog | a wolf | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wolf=Stimulus | | 11 | **come** | gerund | a wolf *not said here* | | | | | off *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **hold** | | | me | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/53/) - ↑ back to [The Iron Wolf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/)