--- title: The dragon has bidden me do something I can never, never do; and wha… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The dragon has bidden me do something I can never, never do; and what is more, she has bidden me do it in a single night."--"What is it, pray?" asked the dragon's daughter. Who acts: me, I. 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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 (me, I), 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:pg29672:24:80 # text = The dragon has bidden me do something I can never, never do; and what is more, she has bidden me do it in a single night."--"What is it, pray?" asked the dragon's daughter. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 41 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bid** | present · perfect · passive | | the dragon | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | me | something | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **do** | can | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | more *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **bid** | present · perfect · passive | | dragon | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | infinitive | | weeping | | | night | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 7 | **is a** | present | | weeping | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **pray** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | | | the dragon's daughter | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/81/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)