--- title: Well, I can only say that if he's the good master thou sayest he is,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, I can only say that if he's the good master thou sayest he is, I am rather surprised that he knocks thee on the head so much with a hammer."--"Well, that's true," said the gimlet, "I never thought of that. Who acts: I, TSAR, thou, 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, TSAR, thou, 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:pg29672:4:99 # text = Well, I can only say that if he's the good master thou sayest he is, I am rather surprised that he knocks thee on the head so much with a hammer."--"Well, that's true," said the gimlet, "I never thought of that. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 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 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 fixed _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sayest say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 rather rather ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 advcl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knocks knock VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 much much ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Well well INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 gimlet gimlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | present | TSAR | the good master | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** | present | TSAR | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **knock** | present | TSAR | thee | | the head | | with a hammer | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thou=Theme on head=Destination | | 7 | **is** | present | that | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the gimlet | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent gimlet=Topic | | 9 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | of that | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/100/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/4/)