--- title: "Simpleton!" cried Ivan Golik, "when they bring forth this bow, look… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Simpleton!" cried Ivan Golik, "when they bring forth this bow, look at it, and say to the serpent, 'I should be ashamed to bend a bow that the least of my servants can bend!' Who acts: Simpleton, pounds. 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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 (Simpleton, pounds), 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:pg29672:26:57 # text = "Simpleton!" cried Ivan Golik, "when they bring forth this bow, look at it, and say to the serpent, 'I should be ashamed to bend a bow that the least of my servants can bend!' 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 Golik Golik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 13 forth forth ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 17 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 43 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 42 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Simpleton | Ivan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** *in a quote* | present | pounds *= pound* | this bow | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | | 3 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | at bow | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the serpent | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to serpent=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | should | Simpleton | | | | | ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Simpleton *not said here* | a bow | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent bow=Material | | 7 | **bend** *in a quote* | can | Simpleton *not said here* | the least | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/58/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Unlucky Days, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/26/)