--- title: All that I know is that I thwacked 'em till my arms ached, and they… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All that I know is that I thwacked 'em till my arms ached, and they wouldn't stir, and not a single grunt did they give; till I was so angry that I spat at them, and came to tell thee. Who acts: I, All, arms, arm. 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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, All, arms, arm), 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:pg29672:3:194 # text = All that I know is that I thwacked 'em till my arms ached, and they wouldn't stir, and not a single grunt did they give; till I was so angry that I spat at them, and came to tell thee. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nsubj:outer _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thwacked thwack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 'em they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 till till SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ached ache VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 grunt grunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 parataxis _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 spat spat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | All | | | | | thwack *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ache** | past | my arms | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **stir** | would | arm | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **give** | past · do-support | a single grunt | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | I | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **spat** | present | I | | | | | at arm | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **come** | past | All *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | All *not said here* | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | 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 193](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/193/) - next →: [sentence 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/195/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)