--- title: I'll give thee for it six yoke of oxen, and a plough, and a harrow,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I'll give thee for it six yoke of oxen, and a plough, and a harrow, and a hay-fork, and I'll give thee besides, lots of corn to sow, thus thou wilt have plenty, but give me the ram and the sack." Who acts: I, thou. 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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), 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:pg29672:3:183 # text = I'll give thee for it six yoke of oxen, and a plough, and a harrow, and a hay-fork, and I'll give thee besides, lots of corn to sow, thus thou wilt have plenty, but give me the ram and the sack." 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 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 iobj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 yoke yoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 plough plough NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 harrow harrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 iobj _ _ 31 besides beside NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 sow sow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 thus thus ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 41 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 43 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | I | | thee | | | for six yoke of oxen | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Theme for yoke=Asset | | 2 | **give** | future | I | besides and lots of corn | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient beside=Theme | | 3 | **sow** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | besides and lots of corn *not said here* | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** | future | thou | plenty | | | | thus *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the ram and the sack | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient ram=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 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/182/) - next →: [sentence 184](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/184/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)