--- title: We will give thee such a lot of money for it."--"You may pick up all… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: We will give thee such a lot of money for it."--"You may pick up all that money, ye accursed ones," cried the man, "but I don't mean to sell my ram." Who acts: We, You, ye, 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 (We, You, ye, 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:pg29672:3:92 # text = We will give thee such a lot of money for it."--"You may pick up all that money, ye accursed ones," cried the man, "but I don't mean to sell my ram." 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 iobj _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 25 accursed accurs VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 29 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | We | such lot of money for ram | thee | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pick up** | may | You | all money | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic | | 3 | **accurs** | past | ye | ones | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | | the man | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 5 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my ram | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ram=Theme | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/93/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)