--- title: He chops his wood with me, and gives me a place to lie down in; so I… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He chops his wood with me, and gives me a place to lie down in; so I'll not have him disturbed."--Then the Devil cried to the gimlet, "Gimlet, gimlet, where has the Tsar hidden his children?"--But the gimlet replied, "The Tsar has always been a good master to me. Who acts: TSAR, I, Devil, gimlet. 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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 (TSAR, I, Devil, gimlet), 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:pg29672:4:97 # text = He chops his wood with me, and gives me a place to lie down in; so I'll not have him disturbed."--Then the Devil cried to the gimlet, "Gimlet, gimlet, where has the Tsar hidden his children?"--But the gimlet replied, "The Tsar has always been a good master to me. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chops chop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ _ 15 down down ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 in in ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 disturbed disturb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 gimlet gimlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Gimlet gimlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 gimlet gimlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 42 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 hidden hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 -- -- PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 But but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 gimlet gimlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 59 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 60 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 64 advmod _ _ 61 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 cop _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ _ 65 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop** | present | TSAR | TSAR's wood | | | | with me | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | TSAR *not said here* | a place | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient place=Theme | | 3 | **lie down** | to-infinitive | TSAR *not said here* | a place *not said here* | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **have** | future | I | TSAR | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **disturb** | participle | TSAR *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | the Devil | | the gimlet and Gimlet and gimlet | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to gimlet=Recipient | | 7 | **have** | present | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hide** | past | the Tsar | TSAR's children | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 9 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | participle | the gimlet | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | present · perfect | the Tsar | a good master | me | | | always *property* | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/98/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)