--- title: Then the wise brothers said, "Let us climb up to the top of this oak… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the wise brothers said, "Let us climb up to the top of this oak and pass the night there, and then robbers will not fall upon us."--"But what will this silly donkey do with his millstone?" asked one of them.--"You look to yourselves," said Ivan, "for I mean to pass the night in this tree also." --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/) / 56 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 2, sentence 56 Then the wise brothers said, "Let us climb up to the top of this oak and pass the night there, and then robbers will not fall upon us."--"But what will this silly donkey do with his millstone?" asked one of them.--"You look to yourselves," said Ivan, "for I mean to pass the night in this tree also." **Who acts:** wise brothers, us, robbers, millstone, You, Ivan · **What happens:** say, let, climb up, pass, not fall, ask · **To what, where:** us, top, one, yourselves, tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Two Princes, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wise brothers, us, robbers, millstone), 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:pg29672:23:56 # text = Then the wise brothers said, "Let us climb up to the top of this oak and pass the night there, and then robbers will not fall upon us."--"But what will this silly donkey do with his millstone?" asked one of them.--"You look to yourselves," said Ivan, "for I mean to pass the night in this tree also." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 But but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 millstone millstone NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 48 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 49 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 ccomp _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ 61 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 62 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 " " PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 for for SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 xcomp _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 det _ _ 74 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 75 also also ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the wise brothers | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **climb up** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | the top of this oak | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination | | 4 | **pass** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | there | night | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **fall** *in a quote* | future | robbers | | | | | upon us | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon we=Location | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | donkey's millstone | one of brothers | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | present | You | | yourselves | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to yourselves=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ivan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Ivan | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **pass** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ivan *not said here* | | | this tree | night | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in tree=Location | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/57/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/)