--- title: Thou wilt perish, and we shall perish also!"--Then said the bullock,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Thou wilt perish, and we shall perish also!"--Then said the bullock, "Look into my right ear, and pull out the brush thou dost find there, and fling it behind thee!"--So he threw it behind him, and it became a forest as thick as a brush. Who acts: Thou, we, Tsar, brush. 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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 (Thou, we, Tsar, brush), 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:pg29672:5:30 # text = Thou wilt perish, and we shall perish also!"--Then said the bullock, "Look into my right ear, and pull out the brush thou dost find there, and fling it behind thee!"--So he threw it behind him, and it became a forest as thick as a brush. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 2 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 fling fling VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 behind behind ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 So so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 behind behind ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 xcomp _ _ 55 as as ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ _ 57 as as ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perish** | future | Thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **perish** | shall | we | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the bullock | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | into my right ear | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into ear=Theme | | 5 | **pull out** | infinitive | | the brush | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | present | thou | the brush *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brush=Eventuality | | 7 | **find** | infinitive | | | | there | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fling** | infinitive | | brush | | thee | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme behind thou=Destination | | 9 | **throw** *in a quote* | past | Tsar | brush | | | | behind serpent | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme behind he=Destination | | 10 | **become** *in a quote* | past | brush | a forest | | | | thick *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/31/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/)