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# Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Tsar and the Angel, sentence 15

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Dost hear?"--"I dare not," said the priest, "I have no will in the matter."--"I command thee, fellow!"--"I dare not, O Tsar!"--"Well," said the Tsar, "I'll give thee three days to think about it, and on the evening of the fourth day appear before me, and I'll strike thy head from thy shoulders if thou dost not obey me!"

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**Who acts:** I, Tsar, thou · **What happens:** hear, not dare, say, have, command, give · **To what, where:** priest, matter, thee, head, shoulders, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Tsar and the Angel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Tsar, thou), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg29672:19:15
# text = Dost hear?"--"I dare not," said the priest, "I have no will in the matter."--"I command thee, fellow!"--"I dare not, O Tsar!"--"Well," said the Tsar, "I'll give thee three days to think about it, and on the evening of the fourth day appear before me, and I'll strike thy head from thy shoulders if thou dost not obey me!"
1	Dost	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	hear	hear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dare	dare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
19	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	23	det	_	_
20	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	command	command	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
30	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	fellow	fellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	dare	dare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
39	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	38	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	42	discourse	_	_
42	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	50	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	47	punct	_	_
50	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	parataxis	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	ccomp	_	_
58	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	57	iobj	_	_
59	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	60	nummod	_	_
60	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obj	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	advcl	_	_
63	about	about	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
67	on	on	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	obl	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
72	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	73	amod	_	_
73	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	_
74	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	parataxis	_	_
75	before	before	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	74	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
78	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	81	cc	_	_
79	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	81	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	81	aux	_	_
81	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	74	conj	_	_
82	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	83	nmod:poss	_	_
83	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obj	_	_
84	from	from	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
85	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	86	nmod:poss	_	_
86	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	81	obl	_	_
87	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	91	mark	_	_
88	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	91	nsubj	_	_
89	dost	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	91	aux	_	_
90	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	91	advmod	_	_
91	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	81	advcl	_	_
92	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	91	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	81	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **dare** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past |  | the priest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | present | I | no matter |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Patient |
| 5 | **command** | present | I | thee |  |  |  | fellow *obl* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality |
| 6 | **not** **dare** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Tsar |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **give** | future | I |  | thee |  | day |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme |
| 9 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about matter | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
| 10 | **appear** | present |  |  |  |  | before me; evening |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Location |
| 11 | **strike** | future | I | thy head |  | thy shoulders |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 12 | **not** **obey** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | thou | me |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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