--- title: So the serpent said to her, "Take to thy bed and pretend to be ill,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the serpent said to her, "Take to thy bed and pretend to be ill, and say to him, 'I dreamed a dream, dear brother, and lo, I saw thee go and fetch me wolf's milk to make me well.' Who acts: serpent, thee. 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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 (serpent, thee), 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:pg29672:5:63 # text = So the serpent said to her, "Take to thy bed and pretend to be ill, and say to him, 'I dreamed a dream, dear brother, and lo, I saw thee go and fetch me wolf's milk to make me well.' 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 pretend pretend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 lo lo INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obj _ _ 39 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the serpent | | custom | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | to thy bed *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result | | 3 | **pretend** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | serpent | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **dream** *in a quote* | past | the serpent *= serpent* | a dream and dear brother | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Topic | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | past | the serpent *= serpent* | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | thee *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **fetch** *in a quote* | infinitive | thee *not said here* | wolf's milk | the serpent *= serpent* | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary milk=Theme | | 10 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | thee *not said here* | the serpent *= serpent* | | | | well *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/64/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/)