--- title: We'll saddle him with a task he is unable to do, and then our master… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: We'll saddle him with a task he is unable to do, and then our master will drive him away."--So they went to their master and said, "Tremsin has a feather of the Bird Zhar, and he says that if he likes he can get the Bird Zhar itself." Who acts: We, fellow, master, servants. 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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 (We, fellow, master, servants), 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:pg29672:8:157 # text = We'll saddle him with a task he is unable to do, and then our master will drive him away."--So they went to their master and said, "Tremsin has a feather of the Bird Zhar, and he says that if he likes he can get the Bird Zhar itself." 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 saddle saddle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 16 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 So so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 57 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 56 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **saddle** | future | We | fellow | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | fellow | | | | | with a task; unable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | fellow *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **drive away** | future | our master | fellow | | | then | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | past | servants *= servant* | | | servants's master | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to master=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | servants *= servant* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **have** | present | Tremsin | a feather of the Bird Zhar | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | fellow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | fellow | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 10 | **get** | can | fellow | the Bird Zhar master | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer zhar=Stimulus | 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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/158/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)