--- title: And the girl asked him, "Why art thou weeping?"--He said to her, "Sh… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the girl asked him, "Why art thou weeping?"--He said to her, "She has ordered me to catch her the golden hare."--"Oh, oh!" cried the she-dragon's daughter, "the berries are ripening now; only her father knows how to catch such a hare as that. Who acts: girl, thou, house, daughter. 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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 (girl, thou, house, daughter), 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:pg29672:24:98 # text = And the girl asked him, "Why art thou weeping?"--He said to her, "She has ordered me to catch her the golden hare."--"Oh, oh!" cried the she-dragon's daughter, "the berries are ripening now; only her father knows how to catch such a hare as that. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 parataxis _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 oh oh INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 40 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 berries berry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 51 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 ripening ripen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 53 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 55 only only ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 59 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 61 advmod _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 62 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 64 det:predet _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 65 as as ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the girl | | house | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **weep** *in a quote* | present · progressive | thou | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | house | | girl | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **order** *in a quote* | present · perfect | girl | | house | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **catch** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | the golden hare | girl | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary hare=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the she dragon's daughter | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **ripen** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the berries | | | | now | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **know** *in a quote* | present | girl's father | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **catch** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | girl's father *not said here* | such hare | | | | as that | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/99/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)