--- title: All five are following him, and he is as well as ever!"--"Ask him to… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All five are following him, and he is as well as ever!"--"Ask him to get thee fox's milk!" said the serpent; "perhaps when he goes for it his beasts will leave him in the lurch!" Who acts: All, Hail, beasts. 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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 (All, Hail, beasts), 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:pg29672:5:114 # text = All five are following him, and he is as well as ever!"--"Ask him to get thee fox's milk!" said the serpent; "perhaps when he goes for it his beasts will leave him in the lurch!" 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 2 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 obj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 ccomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 13 cc _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 fixed _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obj _ _ 23 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 lurch lurch NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | present · progressive | All | Hail | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | Hail | | | | | ever *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | | Hail | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | thee | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent thou=Beneficiary milk=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the serpent | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | present | Hail | | | | | for milk; perhaps *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary | | 7 | **leave** | future | Hail's beasts | Hail | | the lurch | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in lurch=Location | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/115/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/)