--- title: Then his fellow-servants were more envious than ever, and they said… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then his fellow-servants were more envious than ever, and they said among themselves, "How shall we devise for him a task to do that cannot be done, and so rid the world of him altogether?" Who acts: fellow servants, servants, we. 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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 (fellow servants, servants, we), 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:pg29672:8:165 # text = Then his fellow-servants were more envious than ever, and they said among themselves, "How shall we devise for him a task to do that cannot be done, and so rid the world of him altogether?" 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 3 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 8 envious envious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 among among ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 devise devise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 29 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 30 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 rid rid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | instant's fellow servants | | | | then | envious *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | servants *= servant* | | | | | among servants *= servant* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **devise** *in a quote* | shall | we | a task | | | | for instant | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Patient | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | can · passive | | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **rid** *in a quote* | infinitive | instant's fellow servants *not said here* | the world of instant | | | | altogether *property* | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Source | 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 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/164/) - next →: [sentence 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/166/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)