--- title: And about the second cockcrow something else came to the window and… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And about the second cockcrow something else came to the window and said, "Oh, thou son of a dog! thou didst say, 'If we had but a warm hut, and a white bed, and soft bread, and sour kvas, we should have naught to complain of, but would tell tales and feign fables till dawn'; but now thou hast forgo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/18/) [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 Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/) / 18 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Voices At the Window, part 1, sentence 18 And about the second cockcrow something else came to the window and said, "Oh, thou son of a dog! thou didst say, 'If we had but a warm hut, and a white bed, and soft bread, and sour kvas, we should have naught to complain of, but would tell tales and feign fables till dawn'; but now thou hast forgotten thy fine promises! **Who acts:** something, thou, we, sour kvas, thy · **What happens:** come, say, son, do, have, complain · **To what, where:** window, white bed, naught, tales, fables, fine promises · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Voices At the Window, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (something, thou, we, sour kvas), 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:pg29672:4:18 # text = And about the second cockcrow something else came to the window and said, "Oh, thou son of a dog! thou didst say, 'If we had but a warm hut, and a white bed, and soft bread, and sour kvas, we should have naught to complain of, but would tell tales and feign fables till dawn'; but now thou hast forgotten thy fine promises! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 cockcrow cockcrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 7 else else ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 19 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 25 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 26 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 If if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 47 sour sour ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 kvas kvas NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 53 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 52 obj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 complain complain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 acl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 61 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 feign feign VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 64 fables fable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ _ 65 till till ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ; ; PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 69 but but CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 70 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 72 advmod _ _ 71 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 72 nsubj _ _ 72 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 73 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 72 xcomp _ _ 74 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 76 nmod:poss _ _ 75 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 promises promise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | something | | | the window | | about the second cockcrow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to window=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **son** *in a quote* | | thou | | | | | of a dog | tree rules | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | past | thou | a white bed | | | | soft bread *obl* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | we | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | should | sour kvas | naught | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naught=Patient | | 8 | **complain** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | sour kvas *not said here* | naught *not said here* | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | | tales | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient | | 10 | **feign** *in a quote* | infinitive | | fables | | | dawn | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fable=Patient | | 11 | **have** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | now | | tree rules | | 12 | **forget** *in a quote* | participle | thou *not said here* | thy fine promises | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **promise** *in a quote* | | thy | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/19/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)