--- title: What more dost thou want?"--"A pretty sack indeed!" replied the man;… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: What more dost thou want?"--"A pretty sack indeed!" replied the man; "that sack of thine has been the cause of much mischief to me and mine."--"What mischief has it done thee?"--"Why, look now, old father, I'll tell thee what it has done. Who acts: thou, pretty sack, I. 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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 (thou, pretty sack, I), 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:pg29672:3:72 # text = What more dost thou want?"--"A pretty sack indeed!" replied the man; "that sack of thine has been the cause of much mischief to me and mine."--"What mischief has it done thee?"--"Why, look now, old father, I'll tell thee what it has done. 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 amod _ _ 3 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 5 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 16 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 25 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 41 det _ _ 41 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 parataxis _ _ 45 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 53 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 parataxis _ _ 61 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 60 iobj _ _ 62 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 65 obj _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 64 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present · do-support | thou | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | a pretty sack | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present · perfect | | | | | | of thine cause; of much mischief to me | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | present · perfect | | thee | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | a pretty sack *not said here* | | | | now | old father *vocative* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **do** | present · perfect · passive | | mischief | | | | | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/73/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)