--- title: Is that thy greyhound?"--"It is."--"'Tis a good dog; wilt sell it to… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Is that thy greyhound?"--"It is."--"'Tis a good dog; wilt sell it to us?"--"Bid for it!"--"What dost thou require?"--"Three hundred roubles without a chain."--"What do we want with _thy_ chain, we would give him a chain of gold. Who acts: thou, we. 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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 (thou, we), 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:pg29672:2:100 # text = Is that thy greyhound?"--"It is."--"'Tis a good dog; wilt sell it to us?"--"Bid for it!"--"What dost thou require?"--"Three hundred roubles without a chain."--"What do we want with _thy_ chain, we would give him a chain of gold. 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Tis Tis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 wilt will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 sell sell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Bid bid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 38 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 compound _ _ 46 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 roubles rouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 48 without without ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 58 obj _ _ 56 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 63 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 62 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 63 punct _ _ 63 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 68 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 iobj _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | thy greyhound | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | | Tis | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sell** | future | | greyhound | us | | | without a chain; hundred roubles *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to we=Recipient | | 4 | **bid** | infinitive | | | | | | for greyhound | tree rules | | 5 | **require** | present · do-support | thou | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Precondition | | 6 | **want** | present · do-support | we | | | | | with thy chain | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 7 | **give** | would | we | a chain of gold | dog | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient chain=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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/101/) - ↑ back to [Oh: the Tsar of the Forest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/)