--- title: I have offered him my lovely wife, who is the very choicest of my ch… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I have offered him my lovely wife, who is the very choicest of my chattels, and he won't have her!"--Then said the Accursed One, "Promise me what thou shalt find awaiting thee at home, and I'll let thee go." Who acts: lovely wife, TSAR, thou, I. 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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 (lovely wife, TSAR, thou, I), 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:pg29672:4:77 # text = I have offered him my lovely wife, who is the very choicest of my chattels, and he won't have her!"--Then said the Accursed One, "Promise me what thou shalt find awaiting thee at home, and I'll let thee go." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 choicest choice ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 chattels chattel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 21 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 31 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 40 awaiting await VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 xcomp _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 obj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 49 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 obj _ _ 50 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | present · perfect · passive | | I | TSAR | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | my lovely wife | | | | | of my chattels; choice *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **have** | future | TSAR | wife | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **accurs** *in a quote* | participle | | One | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive | | | me | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **find** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme | | 8 | **await** | gerund | thou *not said here* | thee | | home | | | tree rules | | 9 | **let** | future | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **go** | infinitive | thee *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/78/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)