--- title: I have no doubt thou hast neither watered them nor fed them, and tha… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I have no doubt thou hast neither watered them nor fed them, and that is why they won't stand up."--"I didn't know," said the poor man, "that oxen needed water and food."--"Didn't know!" screeched the rich man, in a mighty rage, and taking the poor brother by the hand, he led him away from the hut. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/198/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/) / 198 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Story of the Wind, sentence 198 I have no doubt thou hast neither watered them nor fed them, and that is why they won't stand up."--"I didn't know," said the poor man, "that oxen needed water and food."--"Didn't know!" screeched the rich man, in a mighty rage, and taking the poor brother by the hand, he led him away from the hut. " **Who acts:** I, thou, that, sack, poor man, oxen · **What happens:** have, water, feed, be, not stand up, not know · **To what, where:** doubt, sack, poor man, rich man, mighty rage, poor 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, thou, that, sack), 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:pg29672:3:198 # text = I have no doubt thou hast neither watered them nor fed them, and that is why they won't stand up."--"I didn't know," said the poor man, "that oxen needed water and food."--"Didn't know!" screeched the rich man, in a mighty rage, and taking the poor brother by the hand, he led him away from the hut. " 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 8 cc:preconj _ _ 8 watered water VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 11 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 20 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 42 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 50 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ 54 screeched screech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 69 by by ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 75 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obj _ _ 76 away away ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 77 from from ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 81 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | no doubt | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | thou | no doubt *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **water** | past | thou *not said here* | sack | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination | | 4 | **feed** | past | thou *not said here* | sack | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **stand up** | future | sack | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the poor man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **need** | past | oxen | the poor man | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **screech** *in a quote* | past | | the rich man | | a mighty rage | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 12 | **take** *in a quote* | gerund | | | the poor brother | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument brother=Destination | | 13 | **lead** *in a quote* | past | man | brother | | | | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/197/) - next →: [sentence 199](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/199/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)