--- title: Then he said to the crab, "I'll catch thee."--"Oh! seize me not!" sa… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he said to the crab, "I'll catch thee."--"Oh! seize me not!" said the crab, "but let me get back into the sea, and I'll be of great service to thee."--"Very well," said Tremsin, "but thou must get me from the sea the coral necklace of the thrice-lovely Nastasia," and with that he let the crab g --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/190/) [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/) / 190 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, sentence 190 Then he said to the crab, "I'll catch thee."--"Oh! seize me not!" said the crab, "but let me get back into the sea, and I'll be of great service to thee."--"Very well," said Tremsin, "but thou must get me from the sea the coral necklace of the thrice-lovely Nastasia," and with that he let the crab go back into the sea again. **Who acts:** crab, horse, Tremsin, thou · **What happens:** say, catch, not seize, let, get back, be · **To what, where:** crab, thee, horse, sea, coral necklace, Tremsin · **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 (crab, horse, Tremsin, thou), 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:pg29672:8:190 # text = Then he said to the crab, "I'll catch thee."--"Oh! seize me not!" said the crab, "but let me get back into the sea, and I'll be of great service to thee."--"Very well," said Tremsin, "but thou must get me from the sea the coral necklace of the thrice-lovely Nastasia," and with that he let the crab go back into the sea again. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ! ! PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 19 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 45 to to ADP TO _ 46 case _ _ 46 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Very very ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ 55 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 56 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 62 nsubj _ _ 61 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 63 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 from from ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 coral coral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 necklace necklace NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 72 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 Nastasia Nastasia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 " " PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 79 with with SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 80 that that SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 81 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 82 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 83 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 nsubj _ _ 85 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 82 xcomp _ _ 86 back back ADV RB _ 85 advmod _ _ 87 into into ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 88 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 89 det _ _ 89 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ _ 90 again again ADV RB _ 85 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | crab | | the crab | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to crab=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **catch** *in a quote* | future | the crab *= crab* | thee | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 3 | **not** **seize** *in a quote* | infinitive | the horse *= horse* *not said here* | the horse *= horse* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the crab | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | crab *not said here* | crab | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **get back** *in a quote* | infinitive | crab *not said here* | | | the sea | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into sea=Destination | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | future | crab | | | | | of great service; to thee | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tremsin | | | | | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **get** *in a quote* | must | thou | the coral necklace of the lovely Nastasia | Tremsin | the sea | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary necklace=Theme | | 10 | **let** | past | crab | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **go back** | infinitive | the crab | | | the sea | again | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | 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 189](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/189/) - next →: [sentence 191](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/191/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)