--- title: Let us go to the steppes," it continued, "and let me go a-browsing;… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Let us go to the steppes," it continued, "and let me go a-browsing; but do thou strip thyself stark-naked and lie down in the grass, and the Bird Zhar will straightway swoop down to feed. Who acts: you, us, task, me. 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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 (you, us, task, me), 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:pg29672:8:160 # text = Let us go to the steppes," it continued, "and let me go a-browsing; but do thou strip thyself stark-naked and lie down in the grass, and the Bird Zhar will straightway swoop down to feed. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 steppes steppe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 browsing browse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 obj _ _ 24 strip strip VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 24 obj _ _ 26 stark stark NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 lie lie VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 straightway straightway ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 swoop swoop NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 43 down down ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | the steppes | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to steppe=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **continue** *in a quote* | past | task | the steppes *not said here* | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent steppe=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **browse** | gerund | me *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thou | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 8 | **strip** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thyself | | | | naked *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyself=Patient | | 9 | **lie down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the grass | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location | | 10 | **swoop down** | future | the Bird Zhar | | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **feed** | to-infinitive | the Bird Zhar *not said here* | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | 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 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/159/) - next →: [sentence 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/161/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)