--- title: I thank thee, O Wind!" said he, "for thy courtesy in giving me such… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I thank thee, O Wind!" said he, "for thy courtesy in giving me such a sack as will give me my fill of meat and drink without the trouble of working for it."--"For a lazy loon, 'twere a double boon," said the Wind. " Who acts: I, Wind, courtesy, trouble. 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" **Who acts:** I, Wind, courtesy, trouble, lazy loon · **What happens:** thank, say, give, work · **To what, where:** thee, sack, me, fill · **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, Wind, courtesy, trouble), 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:pg29672:3:32 # text = I thank thee, O Wind!" said he, "for thy courtesy in giving me such a sack as will give me my fill of meat and drink without the trouble of working for it."--"For a lazy loon, 'twere a double boon," said the Wind. " 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 9 mark _ _ 6 Wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 courtesy courtesy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 16 in in SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 21 det:predet _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 fill fill NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 32 without without ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 For for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 loon loon NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 twere twere ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 boon boon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ 55 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | I | thee | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Wind | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | gerund | thy courtesy *not said here* | such sack | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient sack=Theme | | 4 | **give** | future | | my fill of meat and drink | me | | | without the trouble | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient fill=Theme | | 5 | **work** | gerund | the trouble *not said here* | | | | | for Wind | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | a lazy loon | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/33/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)