--- title: Again, toward the third cockcrow, he heard something else coming to… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Again, toward the third cockcrow, he heard something else coming to the window, and it said, "Oh, thou son of a dog! thou didst say, 'If only we had 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/23/) [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/) / 23 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Voices At the Window, part 1, sentence 23 Again, toward the third cockcrow, he heard something else coming to the window, and it said, "Oh, thou son of a dog! thou didst say, 'If only we had 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 all thy fine promises! **Who acts:** kvas, Woe, thou, we, sour kvas, thy · **What happens:** hear, come, say, son, do, have · **To what, where:** something, window, warm hut, naught, tales, fables · **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 (kvas, Woe, thou, we), 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:pg29672:4:23 # text = Again, toward the third cockcrow, he heard something else coming to the window, and it said, "Oh, thou son of a dog! thou didst say, 'If only we had 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 all thy fine promises! 1 Again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 toward toward ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 cockcrow cockcrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obj _ _ 11 else else ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 25 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 32 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 If if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 53 sour sour ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 kvas kvas NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 56 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 59 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 58 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 complain complain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 acl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 but but CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 58 parataxis _ _ 67 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 feign feign VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 66 conj _ _ 70 fables fable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ _ 71 till till ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ; ; PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 75 but but CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 76 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 79 advmod _ _ 77 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 79 nsubj _ _ 78 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 79 aux:pass _ _ 79 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 80 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 83 det _ _ 81 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 83 nmod:poss _ _ 82 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 promises promise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | kvas | something | | | again | toward the third cockcrow; a white bed *obl*; soft bread *obl* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | gerund | | | | the window | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to window=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Woe | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **son** *in a quote* | | thou | | | | | of a dog | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | past | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | we | a warm hut | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hut=Patient | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | should | sour kvas | naught | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naught=Patient | | 9 | **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 | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | | tales | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient | | 11 | **feign** *in a quote* | infinitive | | fables | | | dawn | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fable=Patient | | 12 | **forget** *in a quote* | present · passive | | thou | | | now | | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/24/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)