--- title: Then the youth said to her, "I know where thy clothes are, but I wil… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the youth said to her, "I know where thy clothes are, but I will not give them to thee unless thou wilt be my wife."--"Good!" cried she, "thy wife will I be." Who acts: youth, clothes, thou, wife. 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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 (youth, clothes, thou, wife), 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:pg29672:19:170 # text = Then the youth said to her, "I know where thy clothes are, but I will not give them to thee unless thou wilt be my wife."--"Good!" cried she, "thy wife will I be." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 14 nsubj _ _ 14 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 to to ADP TO _ 23 case _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obl _ _ 24 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 26 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 37 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the youth | | gift | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the youth *= youth* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **does** *in a quote* | present | thy clothes | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **give** *in a quote* | future | the youth *= youth* | | clothes | | | to thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to thou=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | thou | my wife | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the youth *not said here* | youth | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | future | thy wife | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/169/) - next →: [sentence 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/171/) - ↑ back to [The Tsar and the Angel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/19/)