--- title: And I said to my wife, 'I'll go seek the Wind, and say to him, "Anot… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And I said to my wife, 'I'll go seek the Wind, and say to him, "Another time, visit not the poor man who hath but a little corn, and blow it not away, for bitterly doth he rue it!"'"--"Good, my son!" said the giant who lay on the floor. " Who acts: I, poor man, trace, giant. 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" **Who acts:** I, poor man, trace, giant · **What happens:** say, go, seek, not visit, have, not blow away · **To what, where:** Wind, trace, poor man, floor · **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, poor man, trace, giant), 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:pg29672:3:25 # text = And I said to my wife, 'I'll go seek the Wind, and say to him, "Another time, visit not the poor man who hath but a little corn, and blow it not away, for bitterly doth he rue it!"'"--"Good, my son!" said the giant who lay on the floor. " 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 12 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Another another DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 blow blow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 doth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 rue rue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 61 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 nsubj _ _ 64 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 65 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 ccomp _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ _ 70 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | to my wife | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to wife=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | future | I | | | | | my son *vocative* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **seek** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the Wind | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | trace | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **visit** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | the poor man | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the poor man | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **blow away** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Wind | | | | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | bitterly *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **rue** *in a quote* | infinitive | trace | Wind | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **lay** *in a quote* | present | the giant | | | the floor | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on floor=Destination | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/26/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)