--- title: Come, sell it," said he, "with the halter."--"No, thou gipsy, I have… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Come, sell it," said he, "with the halter."--"No, thou gipsy, I have a liking for that halter."--"But, my good man, when didst thou ever see them sell a horse without a halter? Who acts: thou, I, man. 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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, I, man), 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:pg29672:2:130 # text = Come, sell it," said he, "with the halter."--"No, thou gipsy, I have a liking for that halter."--"But, my good man, when didst thou ever see them sell a horse without a halter? 1 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 21 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 21 gipsy gipsy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 liking liking NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 But but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 41 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 43 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 without without ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sell** | infinitive | | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **gipsy** | | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | present | I | a liking | | | | for that halter | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liking=Patient | | 6 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | thou | man | | | ever | | tree rules | | 8 | **sell** | infinitive | man *not said here* | a horse | | | | without a halter | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/131/) - ↑ back to [Oh: the Tsar of the Forest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/2/)