--- title: What a long time I've been asleep!" cried he.--"'Tis a good thing fo… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: What a long time I've been asleep!" cried he.--"'Tis a good thing for thee that we got the living and healing water!" said Protius.--"But what shall we do next?" said they all. Who acts: I, Tsar, Tis, we. 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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 (I, Tsar, Tis, we), 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:pg29672:6:92 # text = What a long time I've been asleep!" cried he.--"'Tis a good thing for thee that we got the living and healing water!" said Protius.--"But what shall we do next?" said they all. 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det:predet _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 8 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Tis Tis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 healing heal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 amod _ _ 30 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 34 Protius Protius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 But but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 obj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 43 next next ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · perfect | I | what long time *not said here* | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | Tsar | | | | time | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **thing** | | Tis | | | | | for thee | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | past | we | the living and healing water | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer living=Stimulus | | 5 | **heal** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Protius | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | shall | we | | | | | next *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Tsar *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/93/) - ↑ back to [The Voices At the Window, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/6/)