--- title: Then the Tsar asked her, "Dost thou love this youth?"--And she answe… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Tsar asked her, "Dost thou love this youth?"--And she answered, "I do, dear father."--"Then why didst thou not tell me before, my daughter?" said he. Who acts: Tsar, thou, youth. 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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 (Tsar, thou, youth), 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:pg29672:8:131 # text = Then the Tsar asked her, "Dost thou love this youth?"--And she answered, "I do, dear father."--"Then why didst thou not tell me before, my daughter?" said he. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 32 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 35 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 before before ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Tsar | | Spirit | | then | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **love** *in a quote* | present | thou | this youth | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer youth=Stimulus | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Tsar | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | present | the Tsar *= tsar* | dear father | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | past | | | | | then | | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | thou | my daughter | youth | | | before *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 8 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | youth | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/132/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)