--- title: But, good man, there is no need for thee to seek the Wind in the ope… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But, good man, there is no need for thee to seek the Wind in the open steppe, for I myself am the Wind."--"Then if thou art the Wind," said the man, "give me back my corn."--"Nay," said the giant; "thou canst not make the dead come back from the grave. Who acts: good man, thee, I, man. 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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 (good man, thee, I, man), 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:pg29672:3:27 # text = But, good man, there is no need for thee to seek the Wind in the open steppe, for I myself am the Wind."--"Then if thou art the Wind," said the man, "give me back my corn."--"Nay," said the giant; "thou canst not make the dead come back from the grave. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 7 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 steppe steppe NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 back back ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 56 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ 56 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 " " PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 64 nsubj _ _ 62 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 64 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 ccomp _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 nsubj _ _ 67 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 parataxis _ _ 68 back back ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 69 from from ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | good man | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | thee | the Wind | | the open steppe | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wind=Theme in steppe=Location | | 3 | **is** | present | I | | | | | for the Wind | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give back** | infinitive | | my corn | me | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient corn=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the giant | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **make** | can | thou | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **come back** | present | the dead | | | the grave | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from grave=Initial\_Location | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/28/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)