--- title: Let us live a bit longer in the world, and we will give thee back ev… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Let us live a bit longer in the world, and we will give thee back everything."--"Good!" said the man, "and another time you'll know better than to deceive people." Who acts: you, us, we, time. 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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 (you, us, we, time), 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:pg29672:3:128 # text = Let us live a bit longer in the world, and we will give thee back everything."--"Good!" said the man, "and another time you'll know better than to deceive people." 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 iobj _ _ 16 back back ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 17 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 36 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ _ 37 than than SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 deceive deceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give back** | future | we | everything | thee | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient everything=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the man | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 5 | **know** | future | another time | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **deceive** | to-infinitive | another time *not said here* | people | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | 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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/129/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)