--- title: For that thou hast let me go, I'll give thee, little Tsar Novishny,… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: For that thou hast let me go, I'll give thee, little Tsar Novishny, a wolf-whelp."--Then she said to the little wolf, "Thou shalt serve this dear little Tsar as though he were thine own dear father." Who acts: thou, me, I, Methought. 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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, me, I, Methought), 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:pg29672:5:72 # text = For that thou hast let me go, I'll give thee, little Tsar Novishny, a wolf-whelp."--Then she said to the little wolf, "Thou shalt serve this dear little Tsar as though he were thine own dear father." 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obl _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 iobj _ _ 16 Novishny Novishny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 whelp whelp NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 37 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 38 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 parataxis _ _ 41 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 42 though though SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 45 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | future | I | | little Tsar | | | for that | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient tsar=Theme for that=Asset | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Methought | | | | then | to the little wolf | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to wolf=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 6 | **serve** | shall | Thou | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | Tsar | thine own dear father | | | | | tree rules | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/73/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/5/)