--- title: I'll feast my eyes on them once more, and then I'll have them driven… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I'll feast my eyes on them once more, and then I'll have them driven into thy steppes--take them."--"No, that won't do either!" said the Accursed One. Who acts: I, oxen, that. 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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 (I, oxen, that), 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:pg29672:4:71 # text = I'll feast my eyes on them once more, and then I'll have them driven into thy steppes--take them."--"No, that won't do either!" said the Accursed One. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 feast feast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 9 advmod _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 steppes steppe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 33 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 31 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 32 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 34 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 40 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feast** | future | I | my eyes | | | | on oxen *= ox* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | future | I | oxen *= ox* | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **drive** | participle | oxen *= ox* *not said here* | | | thy steppes | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into steppe=Trajectory | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | | oxen *= ox* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **not** **do** | future | that | | | | | either *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **accurs** *in a quote* | participle | | One | | | | | tree rules | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/72/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)