--- title: But he, poor thing, kept ladling himself, and cried, "Oh, my dear br… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But he, poor thing, kept ladling himself, and cried, "Oh, my dear brother-in-law, pray let me climb up to the top of that whitethorn-tree; let me have a look out from the top of it, for thence one can see afar!"--"Don't let him, dear!" said the sister to the serpent; "he will stay there too long and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Voices At the Window, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/) / 31 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Voices At the Window, part 3, sentence 31 But he, poor thing, kept ladling himself, and cried, "Oh, my dear brother-in-law, pray let me climb up to the top of that whitethorn-tree; let me have a look out from the top of it, for thence one can see afar!"--"Don't let him, dear!" said the sister to the serpent; "he will stay there too long and lose our precious time."--But the serpent replied, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter; let him climb up if he likes." **Who acts:** Tsar, one, sister, serpent, It · **What happens:** keep, ladle, cry, pray, let, climb up · **To what, where:** Tsar, top, look, afar, serpent · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Voices At the Window, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsar, one, sister, serpent), 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:pg29672:6:31 # text = But he, poor thing, kept ladling himself, and cried, "Oh, my dear brother-in-law, pray let me climb up to the top of that whitethorn-tree; let me have a look out from the top of it, for thence one can see afar!"--"Don't let him, dear!" said the sister to the serpent; "he will stay there too long and lose our precious time."--But the serpent replied, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter; let him climb up if he likes." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 advcl _ _ 8 ladling ladle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 25 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 26 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 35 whitethorn whitethorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 for for SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 thence thence ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 53 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 56 afar afar NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 -- -- PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 62 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 63 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ! ! PUNCT . _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 " " PUNCT '' _ 63 punct _ _ 69 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 72 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ; ; PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 76 " " PUNCT `` _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 78 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 79 aux _ _ 79 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 parataxis _ _ 80 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 79 advmod _ _ 81 too too ADV RB _ 82 advmod _ _ 82 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 79 advmod _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 84 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 79 conj _ _ 85 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 87 nmod:poss _ _ 86 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 87 amod _ _ 87 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 89 " " PUNCT '' _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 90 -- -- PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 91 But but CCONJ CC _ 94 cc _ _ 92 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 93 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 nsubj _ _ 94 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 95 , , PUNCT , _ 100 punct _ _ 96 " " PUNCT `` _ 100 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 97 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 100 nsubj _ _ 98 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 100 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 99 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 100 advmod _ _ 100 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 94 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 101 , , PUNCT , _ 105 punct _ _ 102 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 105 nsubj _ _ 103 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 105 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 104 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 105 advmod _ _ 105 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 100 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 106 ; ; PUNCT : _ 107 punct _ _ 107 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 ccomp _ _ 108 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 107 obj _ _ 109 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 107 xcomp _ _ 110 up up ADP RP _ 109 compound:prt _ _ 111 if if SCONJ IN _ 113 mark _ _ 112 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 113 nsubj _ _ 113 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 109 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 114 . . PUNCT . _ 107 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 115 " " PUNCT '' _ 107 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | Tsar | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ladle** | gerund | Tsar *not said here* | Tsar | | | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Tsar *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | Tsar *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tsar *not said here* | Tsar | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **climb up** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tsar *not said here* | | | the top of that whitethorn tree | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Tsar | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have out** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tsar *not said here* | a look | | the top of thing | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient | | 9 | **see** *in a quote* | can | one | afar | | | | thence *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer afar=Stimulus | | 10 | **not** **let** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | Tsar *not said here* | Tsar | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the sister | | the serpent | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to serpent=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **stay** *in a quote* | future | Tsar | | | there | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **lose** *in a quote* | present | Tsar *not said here* | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the serpent | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 15 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | It | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 16 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | it | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 17 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Tsar | | | | | tree rules | | 18 | **climb up** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tsar *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 19 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Tsar | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/32/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/)