--- title: What sack?" said the Jews; "why, thou didst take them away from here… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: What sack?" said the Jews; "why, thou didst take them away from here thyself."--"Yes, but you changed them," said the man.--"What dost thou mean by changed?" whined the Jews; "we will go before the magistrate, and thou shalt hear from us about this."--"You will have an evil time of it if you go befo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/122/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/) / 122 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Story of the Wind, sentence 122 What sack?" said the Jews; "why, thou didst take them away from here thyself."--"Yes, but you changed them," said the man.--"What dost thou mean by changed?" whined the Jews; "we will go before the magistrate, and thou shalt hear from us about this."--"You will have an evil time of it if you go before the magistrate," said the man; "but at any rate, give me back my own." **Who acts:** sack, thou, you, man, we · **What happens:** say, do, take away, change, mean, whine · **To what, where:** Jews, sack, thou, magistrate, own, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sack, thou, you, man), 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:pg29672:3:122 # text = What sack?" said the Jews; "why, thou didst take them away from here thyself."--"Yes, but you changed them," said the man.--"What dost thou mean by changed?" whined the Jews; "we will go before the magistrate, and thou shalt hear from us about this."--"You will have an evil time of it if you go before the magistrate," said the man; "but at any rate, give me back my own." 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 13 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 14 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 19 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 28 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 39 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 obj _ _ 41 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 42 by by SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 46 whined whine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 54 before before ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 magistrate magistrate NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 61 nsubj _ _ 60 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 62 from from ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ _ 64 about about ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 -- -- PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 " " PUNCT `` _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 71 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 73 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nmod _ _ 78 if if SCONJ IN _ 80 mark _ _ 79 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 80 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 advcl _ _ 81 before before ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 magistrate magistrate NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 " " PUNCT '' _ 72 punct _ _ 86 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 89 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 90 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 91 but but CCONJ CC _ 96 cc _ _ 92 at at ADP IN _ 94 case _ _ 93 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 94 det _ _ 94 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 95 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 96 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 97 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 96 iobj _ _ 98 back back ADP RP _ 96 compound:prt _ _ 99 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 100 nmod:poss _ _ 100 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 96 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 101 . . PUNCT . _ 96 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 102 " " PUNCT '' _ 96 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | what sack | the Jews | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take away** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | sack | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **change** | past | you | sack | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | present | | thou | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **mean** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **change** | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **whine** *in a quote* | past | | the Jews | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jew=Theme | | 10 | **go** | future | we | | | the magistrate | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before magistrate=Location | | 11 | **hear** | shall | thou | | | | | from us; about this | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.source»: agent=Agent from we=Source about this=Theme | | 12 | **have** | future | You | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | the magistrate | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before magistrate=Location | | 14 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 15 | **give back** | infinitive | what sack *not said here* | my own | me | any rate | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient own=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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/123/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)