--- title: I'll do whatever thou tellest me, only leave off beating me."--"Then… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I'll do whatever thou tellest me, only leave off beating me."--"Then I have taught thee sense, eh?" said the man.--"Oh, yes, yes, good husband!" cried she. Who acts: I, thou, man, good husband. 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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 (I, thou, man, good husband), 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:pg29672:3:141 # text = I'll do whatever thou tellest me, only leave off beating me."--"Then I have taught thee sense, eh?" said the man.--"Oh, yes, yes, good husband!" cried she. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 obj _ _ 5 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tellest tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obj _ _ 23 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 eh eh INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 38 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 44 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | future | I | whatever | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | thou | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 3 | **leave off** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **beat** | gerund | | me | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location i=Theme | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | then | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | good husband | wife | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | 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 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/140/) - next →: [sentence 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/142/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)