--- title: They brought the mare, and he mounted it and said, "My master, last… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They brought the mare, and he mounted it and said, "My master, last midnight something came beneath the window and said, 'Oh, son of a dog! thou saidst, "If only we had a warm hut, and a white bed, and soft bread, and sour kvas, we should grieve no more, but tell tales and feign fables till dawn," a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/44/) [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/) / 44 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Voices At the Window, part 1, sentence 44 They brought the mare, and he mounted it and said, "My master, last midnight something came beneath the window and said, 'Oh, son of a dog! thou saidst, "If only we had a warm hut, and a white bed, and soft bread, and sour kvas, we should grieve no more, but tell tales and feign fables till dawn," and now thou hast forgotten thy promise. **Who acts:** huntsmen, master, thou, we, sour kvas, tales · **What happens:** bring, mount, say, come, have, grieve · **To what, where:** mare, courtyard, window, warm hut, more, 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 (huntsmen, master, 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:pg29672:4:44 # text = They brought the mare, and he mounted it and said, "My master, last midnight something came beneath the window and said, 'Oh, son of a dog! thou saidst, "If only we had a warm hut, and a white bed, and soft bread, and sour kvas, we should grieve no more, but tell tales and feign fables till dawn," and now thou hast forgotten thy promise. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 21 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 36 saidst say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 If if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 57 sour sour ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 kvas kvas NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 60 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 grieve grieve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 parataxis _ _ 63 no no ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 but but CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 parataxis _ _ 68 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obj _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 feign feign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 conj _ _ 71 fables fable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obj _ _ 72 till till ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 77 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 79 advmod _ _ 78 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 79 nsubj _ _ 79 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 80 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 79 ccomp _ _ 81 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 82 nmod:poss _ _ 82 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | the mare | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument mare=Destination | | 2 | **mount** | past | master | courtyard | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | master *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | past | My master and last midnight | | | the window | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath window=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | My master and last midnight *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | we | a warm hut and a white bed | | | | soft bread *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hut=Patient | | 8 | **grieve** | should | sour kvas | more | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus more=Experiencer | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | tales | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **feign** | infinitive | tales *not said here* | 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 promise | | | | | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/45/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)