--- title: I smell an evil smell of Cossack bones!"--But she said to him, "Nay,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I smell an evil smell of Cossack bones!"--But she said to him, "Nay, my dear little son, but a young woman has come hither who is obliged to search for her husband because she told his father and mother the truth." Who acts: I, mother, young woman, Cossack bones. 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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 (I, mother, young woman, Cossack bones), 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:pg29672:20:100 # text = I smell an evil smell of Cossack bones!"--But she said to him, "Nay, my dear little son, but a young woman has come hither who is obliged to search for her husband because she told his father and mother the truth." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 smell smell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 Cossack cossack NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 24 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 parataxis _ _ 32 hither hither ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 because because SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 iobj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | present | I | a evil smell of Cossack bones | | | | | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | mother | | husband | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | present · perfect | a young woman | | | | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **oblige** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **search** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for mother's husband | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for husband=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | mother | the truth | husband's father and mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent father=Recipient truth=Topic | | 7 | **smell** | | Cossack bones | | | | | | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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/pg29672/20/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/101/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)