--- title: My master," said he, "hath given me a task to do that will clean und… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: My master," said he, "hath given me a task to do that will clean undo me."--"What task is that?" asked the horse.--"Why, to fetch him the Bird Zhar."--"Why that's not a task, but a trifle," replied the horse. " Who acts: master, task, that, trifle. 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" **Who acts:** master, task, that, trifle · **What happens:** say, give, do, clean, undo, be · **To what, where:** head, me, task, horse, Bird Zhar · **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 (master, task, that, trifle), 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:pg29672:8:159 # text = My master," said he, "hath given me a task to do that will clean undo me."--"What task is that?" asked the horse.--"Why, to fetch him the Bird Zhar."--"Why that's not a task, but a trifle," replied the horse. " 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 19 undo undo VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 obj _ _ 26 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 31 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 54 advmod _ _ 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 trifle trifle NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 61 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ _ 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | My master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | present · passive | | head | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient i=Theme | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | a task *not said here* | a task | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 4 | **clean** | future | a task | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **undo** | infinitive | a task *not said here* | me | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | present | task | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | My master *not said here* | | the horse | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient | | 8 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | | the Bird Zhar | head | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary zhar=Theme | | 9 | **not** **is a** | present | that | a task | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | a trifle | the horse | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent horse=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 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/158/) - next →: [sentence 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/160/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)