--- title: Ask what thou wilt of me," said he, "only let me go."--"Give me, the… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Ask what thou wilt of me," said he, "only let me go."--"Give me, then," said the Accursed One, "something that thou hast in the house, and then I'll let thee go!"--"Let me see, what have I got?" said the Tsar. " Who acts: you, TSAR, me, thou. 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" **Who acts:** you, TSAR, me, thou, I, thee · **What happens:** ask, say, let, go, give, accurs · **To what, where:** me, house, thee · **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 (you, TSAR, me, thou), 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:pg29672:4:64 # text = Ask what thou wilt of me," said he, "only let me go."--"Give me, then," said the Accursed One, "something that thou hast in the house, and then I'll let thee go!"--"Let me see, what have I got?" said the Tsar. " 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 30 appos _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 36 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 46 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 obj _ _ 47 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 59 obj _ _ 57 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ? ? PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ 62 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 66 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | TSAR | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | | | me | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **accurs** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | present | thou | | | the house | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 9 | **let** | future | I | thee | | | then | | tree rules | | 10 | **go** | infinitive | thee *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **see** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **get** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 14 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Tsar | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/65/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)