--- title: I have a wife so lovely that the like of her is not to be found in t… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I have a wife so lovely that the like of her is not to be found in the whole world, take her and let me go!"--"No!" replied the Accursed One, "I will not have her." Who acts: I, me, TSAR. 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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, me, TSAR), 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:pg29672:4:74 # text = I have a wife so lovely that the like of her is not to be found in the whole world, take her and let me go!"--"No!" replied the Accursed One, "I will not have her." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 35 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 obj _ _ 37 Accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 38 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | a wife | | | | lovely *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 2 | **not** **is** | present · passive | | the | | the whole world | | find *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | wife | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | TSAR *not said here* | the | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent the=Topic | | 7 | **accurs** *in a quote* | participle | | One | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **have** | future | I | wife | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/75/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)