--- title: I'll turn myself into standing wheat and thee into an old man guardi… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I'll turn myself into standing wheat and thee into an old man guarding me, and if he ask thee, 'Hast thou seen a lad and a lass pass by this way?' say to him, 'Yes, they passed by this way while I was sowing this wheat!'" Who acts: I, old man, man, lad. 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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 (I, old man, man, lad), 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:pg29672:24:114 # text = I'll turn myself into standing wheat and thee into an old man guarding me, and if he ask thee, 'Hast thou seen a lad and a lass pass by this way?' say to him, 'Yes, they passed by this way while I was sowing this wheat!'" 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 into into SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 conj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 guarding guard VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 obj _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 lass lass NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 38 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 46 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 while while SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 sowing sow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | future | I | myself | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent myself=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | I *not said here* | wheat | | | | into a old man | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wheat=Stimulus | | 3 | **guard** | gerund | a old man *not said here* | | me | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | man | thee | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 5 | **have** | present | I *not said here* | thou | | | | by this way | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | man | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 8 | **pass** | past | lad | | | | | by this way | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by way=Location | | 9 | **sow** | past · progressive | I | this wheat | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/115/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)