--- title: Then the hare said, "Hail to thee, little Tsar Novishny; because tho… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the hare said, "Hail to thee, little Tsar Novishny; because thou hast let me go--I thought thou wouldst have torn me to pieces with thy dogs--I'll give thee a leveret." Who acts: hare, thou. 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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 (hare, thou), 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:pg29672:5:110 # text = Then the hare said, "Hail to thee, little Tsar Novishny; because thou hast let me go--I thought thou wouldst have torn me to pieces with thy dogs--I'll give thee a leveret." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP TO _ 9 case _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 13 Novishny Novishny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 because because SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 17 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 wouldst would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux _ _ 27 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 38 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 iobj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 leveret leveret NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the hare | Hail | | | then | to thee | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | thou *not said here* | the hare *= hare* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | the hare *= hare* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | the hare *= hare* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **tear** *in a quote* | would · perfect · passive | | thou | | | | to pieces; with thy dogs | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ PP.instrument»: subject=Patient i=Result with dog=Instrument | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | future | the hare *= hare* | a leveret | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient leveret=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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/111/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/)