--- title: I have come hither to invite thee to us, thee and thy wife."--"Where… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I have come hither to invite thee to us, thee and thy wife."--"Wherefore?" asked the rich brother.--The poor man said, "My wife prays thee, and I pray thee also, to come and dine with us of thy courtesy."--"Good!" replied the rich brother, smiling secretly. " Who acts: I, thee, poor man, wife. 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" **Who acts:** I, thee, poor man, wife · **What happens:** come, invite, ask, say, pray, dine · **To what, where:** thee, us, rich brother · **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 (I, thee, poor man, wife), 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:pg29672:3:160 # text = I have come hither to invite thee to us, thee and thy wife."--"Wherefore?" asked the rich brother.--The poor man said, "My wife prays thee, and I pray thee also, to come and dine with us of thy courtesy."--"Good!" replied the rich brother, smiling secretly. " 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 hither hither ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 prays pray VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 37 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obj _ _ 43 also also ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 dine dine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 courtesy courtesy NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ! ! PUNCT . _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 61 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 advcl _ _ 67 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 69 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present · perfect | I | | | | | hither *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **invite** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | thee | us | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | thee | | the rich brother | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the poor man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **pray** | present | My wife | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **dine** | infinitive | | | | | | with us; of thy courtesy | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the poor man *not said here* | the rich brother | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent brother=Topic | | 10 | **smile** *in a quote* | gerund | the poor man *not said here* | | | | | secretly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/159/) - next →: [sentence 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/161/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)