--- title: Then the nobleman sent for Tremsin and said to him, "O Tremsin! my h… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the nobleman sent for Tremsin and said to him, "O Tremsin! my henchmen say that thou canst get the Bird Zhar if thou dost choose."--"Nay, but I cannot," replied Tremsin.--"Answer me not," said the nobleman, "for so sure as I've a sword, I'll slice thy head off like a gourd."--Then Tremsin fell --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/158/) [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 Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/) / 158 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, sentence 158 Then the nobleman sent for Tremsin and said to him, "O Tremsin! my henchmen say that thou canst get the Bird Zhar if thou dost choose."--"Nay, but I cannot," replied Tremsin.--"Answer me not," said the nobleman, "for so sure as I've a sword, I'll slice thy head off like a gourd."--Then Tremsin fell a-weeping and went away to his horse. " **Who acts:** nobleman, Tremsin, thou, Bird Zhar · **What happens:** send, say, get, do, choose, reply · **To what, where:** nobleman, Bird Zhar, fellow, weeping · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Vampire and St Michael. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nobleman, Tremsin, thou, Bird Zhar), 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:pg29672:8:158 # text = Then the nobleman sent for Tremsin and said to him, "O Tremsin! my henchmen say that thou canst get the Bird Zhar if thou dost choose."--"Nay, but I cannot," replied Tremsin.--"Answer me not," said the nobleman, "for so sure as I've a sword, I'll slice thy head off like a gourd."--Then Tremsin fell a-weeping and went away to his horse. " 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 O o INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ _ 14 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 henchmen henchman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 21 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 28 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 29 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 42 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 43 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 -- -- PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Answer answer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 52 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 so so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 obl _ _ 60 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 advcl _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 slice slice NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 ccomp _ _ 69 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 71 off off ADP RP _ 68 compound:prt _ _ 72 like like ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 gourd gourd NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 " " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 -- -- PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 80 advmod _ _ 79 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 80 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 81 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 83 det _ SpaceAfter=No 82 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obj _ _ 84 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 85 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 conj _ _ 86 away away ADV RB _ 85 advmod _ _ 87 to to ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 88 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 89 nmod:poss _ _ 89 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ _ 91 " " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the nobleman | | | | then | for Tremsin | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the nobleman *not said here* | | nobleman | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Tremsin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | can | thou | the Bird Zhar | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **choose** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Bird Zhar *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Tremsin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | fellow | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the nobleman | | | | | for sure | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **slice off** *in a quote* | future | the nobleman *= nobleman* | | | | | like a gourd | tree rules | | 11 | **fall** | past | Tremsin | a weeping | | | then | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient weeping=Result | | 12 | **go away** | past | Tremsin *not said here* | | | | | to nobleman's horse; away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to horse=Initial\_Location | 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 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/157/) - next →: [sentence 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/159/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)