--- title: My son will be here presently," said she, "and he will slay thee."--… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: My son will be here presently," said she, "and he will slay thee."--"Nay, but, granny," said the bride, "I've already stayed the night with such as thou, for I have lodged at the house of the Mother of the Winds."--Then the old woman took her in, and hid her, for she was the Mother of the Moon. 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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 (son, husband, I, old woman), 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:pg29672:20:97 # text = My son will be here presently," said she, "and he will slay thee."--"Nay, but, granny," said the bride, "I've already stayed the night with such as thou, for I have lodged at the house of the Mother of the Winds."--Then the old woman took her in, and hid her, for she was the Mother of the Moon. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 presently presently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 already already ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 43 case _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 lodged lodge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Winds Wind PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 -- -- PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 65 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 66 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 in in ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 conj _ _ 71 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 73 for for ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 74 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 75 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 cop _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | My son *not said here* | | | | | here, presently *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | My son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **slay** | future | husband | thee | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the bride | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bride=Topic | | 5 | **stay** | present | I | | | | night | with thou | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with thou=Location | | 6 | **lodge** | present · perfect | I | | | the house of the Mother of the Winds | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | past | the old woman | | mother | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 8 | **hide** *in a quote* | past | the old woman *not said here* | mother | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | past | woman | | | | | for the Mother; of the Moon | tree rules | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/98/) - ↑ back to [The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/20/)