--- title: Smear those places over with grease, and never dare to read them aga… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Smear those places over with grease, and never dare to read them again, I say!"--"'Tis not I who have written those words, your Majesty," said the priest; "nor is it for such as I to smear them over."--"What! thou dost presume to teach me? Who acts: you, I. 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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, 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:pg29672:19:11 # text = Smear those places over with grease, and never dare to read them again, I say!"--"'Tis not I who have written those words, your Majesty," said the priest; "nor is it for such as I to smear them over."--"What! thou dost presume to teach me? 1 Smear smear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 over over ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 grease grease NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 again again ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ! ! PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Tis Tis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 conj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ _ 29 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 42 cc _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 expl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obl _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 smear smear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 over over ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 -- -- PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ _ 58 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 59 nsubj _ _ 59 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 presume presume VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ _ 63 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smear over** | imperative | you *not said here* | that places | | | | with grease; over *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent place=Destination with grease=Theme | | 2 | **not** **dare** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **read** | to-infinitive | | places *= place* | | | again | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **write** | present · perfect · passive | | Tis | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient word=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the priest | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | present | I | | | | | smear *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **presume** | present · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/12/) - ↑ back to [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/)