--- title: Tis but meet and right that we should give our father to eat and dri… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Tis but meet and right that we should give our father to eat and drink, and see that he has wherewithal to clothe him, and take care to patch up his things from time to time, and let him have clean new shirts on festivals," said the eldest son. Who acts: Tis, we, FATHER, eldest son. 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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 (Tis, we, FATHER, eldest son), 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:pg29672:22:57 # text = Tis but meet and right that we should give our father to eat and drink, and see that he has wherewithal to clothe him, and take care to patch up his things from time to time, and let him have clean new shirts on festivals," said the eldest son. 1 Tis Tis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 but but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 ccomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 10 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 wherewithal wherewithal NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 clothe clothe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 patch patch NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 advcl _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 shirts shirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 festivals festival NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 51 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 54 amod _ _ 54 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | present | Tis | right | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Co-Agent | | 2 | **give** | should | we | our father | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | our father *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **drink** | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | Tis *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | present | Tis | wherewithal | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wherewithal=Patient | | 7 | **clothe** | to-infinitive | Tis *not said here* | FATHER | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **take up** | infinitive | Tis *not said here* | care | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument care=Theme thing=Destination | | 9 | **let** | infinitive | | FATHER | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **have** | infinitive | FATHER *not said here* | clean new shirts | | festivals | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the eldest son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/58/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)