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title: Give me,' said he, 'what thou hast at home, or I'll never let thee g… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Give me,' said he, 'what thou hast at home, or I'll never let thee go!'--And I said to him, 'Lo! now, I have horses.'--'I don't want thy horses!' said he.--'I have oxen,' I said.--'I don't want thine oxen!' said he.--'I have,' said I, 'a wife so fair that the like of her is not to be found in God's 
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# Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Voices At the Window, part 1, sentence 86

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Give me,' said he, 'what thou hast at home, or I'll never let thee go!'--And I said to him, 'Lo! now, I have horses.'--'I don't want thy horses!' said he.--'I have oxen,' I said.--'I don't want thine oxen!' said he.--'I have,' said I, 'a wife so fair that the like of her is not to be found in God's fair world; take her, but let me go.'--'I don't want thy fair wife!' said he.--Then I promised him what I should find at home when I got there, for I never thought that God had blessed me so.

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**Who acts:** you, wanton, thou, I, thee, me · **What happens:** give, say, have, not let, go, not want · **To what, where:** me, home, thee, wanton, horses, oxen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, wanton, thou, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg29672:4:86
# text = Give me,' said he, 'what thou hast at home, or I'll never let thee go!'--And I said to him, 'Lo! now, I have horses.'--'I don't want thy horses!' said he.--'I have oxen,' I said.--'I don't want thine oxen!' said he.--'I have,' said I, 'a wife so fair that the like of her is not to be found in God's fair world; take her, but let me go.'--'I don't want thy fair wife!' said he.--Then I promised him what I should find at home when I got there, for I never thought that God had blessed me so.
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	ccomp	_	_
10	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hast	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
20	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	obj	_	_
21	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	Lo	lo	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	_	_
34	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
38	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
44	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	46	advmod	_	_
46	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
47	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
51	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
57	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
58	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	62	punct	_	_
61	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
62	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
67	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	69	advmod	_	_
69	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
70	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	71	nmod:poss	_	_
71	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
74	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
75	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	83	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	80	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	80	nsubj	_	_
80	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	83	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	80	punct	_	_
83	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
84	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	83	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	88	punct	_	_
86	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	88	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
88	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	obl	_	_
89	so	so	ADV	RB	_	90	advmod	_	_
90	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	88	amod	_	_
91	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	100	mark	_	_
92	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	100	nsubj:pass	_	_
93	like	like	ADP	IN	_	95	case	_	_
94	of	of	ADP	IN	_	93	fixed	_	_
95	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	92	nmod	_	_
96	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	100	cop	_	_
97	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	100	advmod	_	_
98	to	to	PART	TO	_	100	mark	_	_
99	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	100	aux:pass	_	_
100	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	90	advcl	_	_
101	in	in	ADP	IN	_	105	case	_	_
102	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	105	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
103	's	's	PART	POS	_	102	case	_	_
104	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	105	amod	_	_
105	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	100	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
106	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	107	punct	_	_
107	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
108	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	107	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
109	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	111	punct	_	_
110	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	111	cc	_	_
111	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	107	conj	_	_
112	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	111	obj	_	_
113	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	111	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
114	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
115	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
116	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	121	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
117	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	121	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
118	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	121	nsubj	_	_
119	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	121	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
120	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	121	advmod	_	_
121	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
122	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	124	nmod:poss	_	_
123	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	124	amod	_	_
124	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	121	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
125	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
126	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
127	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
128	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	127	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
129	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
130	--	--	PUNCT	:	_	133	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
131	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	133	advmod	_	_
132	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	133	nsubj	_	_
133	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
134	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	133	iobj	_	_
135	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	138	obj	_	_
136	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	138	nsubj	_	_
137	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	138	aux	_	_
138	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	133	xcomp	_	_
139	at	at	ADP	IN	_	140	case	_	_
140	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	138	obl	_	_
141	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	143	advmod	_	_
142	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	143	nsubj	_	_
143	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	138	advcl	_	_
144	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	143	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
145	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	149	punct	_	_
146	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	149	mark	_	_
147	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	149	nsubj	_	_
148	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	149	advmod	_	_
149	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	133	conj	_	_
150	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	153	mark	_	_
151	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	153	nsubj	_	_
152	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	153	aux	_	_
153	blessed	bless	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	149	ccomp	_	_
154	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	153	obj	_	_
155	so	so	ADV	RB	_	153	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
156	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | me |  | now |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wanton |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** | present | thou |  |  | home |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **let** | future | I | thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **go** | infinitive | thee *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I |  | wanton |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
| 7 | **have** | present | I | horses |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient |
| 8 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | I | thy horses |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot horse=Theme |
| 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wanton |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **have** | present | I | oxen |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Patient |
| 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | oxen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ox=Topic |
| 12 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | I | thine oxen |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ox=Theme |
| 13 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wanton |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 14 | **have** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 15 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | a wife |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 16 | **not** **is** | present · passive |  | the |  | God's fair world |  | find *property* | tree rules |
| 17 | **take** | infinitive |  |  | wife |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination |
| 18 | **let** | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 19 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 20 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | I | thy fair wife |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wife=Theme |
| 21 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wanton |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 22 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | I |  | wanton |  | then |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 23 | **find** *not said to happen* | should | I |  |  | home |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent what=Theme at home=Asset |
| 24 | **get** | past | I |  |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 25 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 26 | **bless** | past · perfect | God | me |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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