--- title: He rubbed his hands together and cried, "Oh, had we but a warm hut,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He rubbed his hands together and cried, "Oh, had we but a warm hut, and a white bed, and soft bread, and sour kvas,[7] we should have naught to complain of, but would tell tales and feign fables till dawn of day!" Who acts: nobleman, sour kvas. 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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 (nobleman, 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:pg29672:4:6 # text = He rubbed his hands together and cried, "Oh, had we but a warm hut, and a white bed, and soft bread, and sour kvas,[7] we should have naught to complain of, but would tell tales and feign fables till dawn of day!" 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 29 sour sour ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 kvas kvas NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 33 punct _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 38 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 complain complain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 46 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 feign feign VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 49 fables fable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 50 till till ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | past | nobleman | nobleman's hands | | | | together *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | nobleman *not said here* | a white bed | | | | soft bread *obl* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | | we | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | should | sour kvas | naught | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naught=Patient | | 5 | **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 | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | | tales | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient | | 7 | **feign** *in a quote* | infinitive | | fables | | | dawn | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fable=Patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/7/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)