--- title: My little plot of corn was my all-in-all, and in the sweat of my bro… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: My little plot of corn was my all-in-all, and in the sweat of my brow did I reap and thresh it; but the Wind came and blew it all away, so that not a trace of it is to be found in the wide world. Who acts: I, Wind, My. 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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, Wind, My), 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:pg29672:3:23 # text = My little plot of corn was my all-in-all, and in the sweat of my brow did I reap and thresh it; but the Wind came and blew it all away, so that not a trace of it is to be found in the wide world. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 plot plot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sweat sweat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 reap reap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 thresh thresh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reap** | past · do-support | I | | | the sweat of my brow | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **thresh** | infinitive | I *not said here* | plot | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | the Wind | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **blow away** | past | the Wind *not said here* | Wind | | | | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **find** | present · passive | | a trace of Wind | | the wide world | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **plot** | | My | corn | | | | | nom plot «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/24/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)