--- title: Why, what is this, good man?" said they; "never have we seen anythin… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Why, what is this, good man?" said they; "never have we seen anything like this before!"--"Ask no questions, ye accursed Jews!" cried the man, "but sit down to eat, for there is enough for all." Who acts: good man, we, questions, ye. A sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Story of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/42/) [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/) / 42 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Story of the Wind, sentence 42 Why, what is this, good man?" said they; "never have we seen anything like this before!"--"Ask no questions, ye accursed Jews!" cried the man, "but sit down to eat, for there is enough for all." **Who acts:** good man, we, questions, ye, Jews · **What happens:** be, say, see, ask, accurs, cry · **To what, where:** good man, anything, man · **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 (good man, we, questions, ye), 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:pg29672:3:42 # text = Why, what is this, good man?" said they; "never have we seen anything like this before!"--"Ask no questions, ye accursed Jews!" cried the man, "but sit down to eat, for there is enough for all." 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 19 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 obj _ _ 20 like like ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obl _ _ 22 before before ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 32 accursed accurs VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ! ! PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 36 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 43 down down ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 50 expl _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | good man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | good man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect | we | anything | | | | like this; before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | no questions | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **accurs** | past | ye | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | Jews | the man | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 7 | **sit down** | infinitive | no questions *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **eat** | to-infinitive | no questions *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | present | no questions *not said here* | | | there | | for all; enough *property* | tree rules | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/43/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)