--- title: Bid them make me a stone hut, and let there be a little bed there, a… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Bid them make me a stone hut, and let there be a little bed there, and a little stove and a fire to warm me, and let me be married in a fortnight!"--So they did as he desired. Who acts: you, me, head, puss. 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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 (you, me, head, puss), 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:pg29672:20:58 # text = Bid them make me a stone hut, and let there be a little bed there, and a little stove and a fire to warm me, and let me be married in a fortnight!"--So they did as he desired. 1 Bid bid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 warm warm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fortnight fortnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 So so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bid** | imperative | you *not said here* | head | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | there | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | infinitive | | a little bed | | there | | | tree rules | | 5 | **warm** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **marry** | infinitive · passive | me *not said here* | | | | fortnight | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | past | head | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **desire** *in a quote* | past | puss | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/59/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)