--- title: She did not tell her son the whole truth, that the bride was in sear… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She did not tell her son the whole truth, that the bride was in search of her husband, but he knew it already, and said, "Her husband is about to marry another wife. Who acts: mother, bride, husband. 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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 (mother, bride, husband), 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:pg29672:20:112 # text = She did not tell her son the whole truth, that the bride was in search of her husband, but he knew it already, and said, "Her husband is about to marry another wife. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 already already ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | mother | the whole truth | mother's son | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent son=Recipient truth=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | the bride | | | search | | of mother's husband | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past | husband | truth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | husband *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mother's husband | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | mother's husband *not said here* | another wife | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/113/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)