--- title: Look!" cried he, "what I've found!"--But the foal said to him, "Pick… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Look!" cried he, "what I've found!"--But the foal said to him, "Pick not up that feather, for it will bring thee evil as well as good!"--But his master said, "Why, I should be a fool not to pick up a feather like that!" Who acts: brother, I, foal, place. 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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 (brother, I, foal, place), 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:pg29672:24:180 # text = Look!" cried he, "what I've found!"--But the foal said to him, "Pick not up that feather, for it will bring thee evil as well as good!"--But his master said, "Why, I should be a fool not to pick up a feather like that!" 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 But but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 25 up up ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 obj _ _ 34 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obj _ _ 35 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 38 cc _ _ 36 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 fixed _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 But but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ _ 58 up up ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 61 like like ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ! ! PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | brother | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **find** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the foal | | brother | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **pick** | infinitive | | that feather | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient | | 6 | **bring** | future | place | thee | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent thou=Destination evil=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | brother's master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | should | I | a fool | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **pick up** | to-infinitive | | a feather | | | | like that | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=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 179](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/179/) - next →: [sentence 181](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/181/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)