--- title: And Tremsin entered the house of this nobleman and said, "Sir, may I… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And Tremsin entered the house of this nobleman and said, "Sir, may I not take service with thee as a labourer?"--The nobleman looked at him, and seeing that he was comely and stalwart, "Why not? Who acts: Tremsin, nobleman. 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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 (Tremsin, nobleman), 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:pg29672:8:150 # text = And Tremsin entered the house of this nobleman and said, "Sir, may I not take service with thee as a labourer?"--The nobleman looked at him, and seeing that he was comely and stalwart, "Why not? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 19 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 labourer labourer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 35 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 csubj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 comely comely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 ccomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 stalwart stalwart NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | Tremsin | the house of this nobleman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Tremsin *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **take** *in a quote* | may | Tremsin | Sir | | | | with thee; as a labourer | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent service=Theme as labourer=Attribute | | 4 | **look** | past | the nobleman | | | | | at Sir | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 5 | **see** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | nobleman | | | | | comely *property* | 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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/151/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)