--- title: Nastasia praised Tremsin for his prowess, and said to him, "Well, th… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Nastasia praised Tremsin for his prowess, and said to him, "Well, thou hast got the feather of the Bird Zhar, thou hast got the Bird Zhar itself, thou hast got me my coral and my herd of horses, now milk my mare and put the milk into three vats, so that there may be milk hot as boiling water in the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/209/) [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/) / 209 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, sentence 209 Nastasia praised Tremsin for his prowess, and said to him, "Well, thou hast got the feather of the Bird Zhar, thou hast got the Bird Zhar itself, thou hast got me my coral and my herd of horses, now milk my mare and put the milk into three vats, so that there may be milk hot as boiling water in the first vat, lukewarm milk in the second vat, and icy cold milk in the third vat." **Who acts:** Nastasia, thou · **What happens:** praise, say, have, get, put, be · **To what, where:** Tremsin, first vat, SEA, feather, Bird Zhar, me · **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 (Nastasia, 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:pg29672:8:209 # text = Nastasia praised Tremsin for his prowess, and said to him, "Well, thou hast got the feather of the Bird Zhar, thou hast got the Bird Zhar itself, thou hast got me my coral and my herd of horses, now milk my mare and put the milk into three vats, so that there may be milk hot as boiling water in the first vat, lukewarm milk in the second vat, and icy cold milk in the third vat." 1 Nastasia Nastasia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 prowess prowess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Well well INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 17 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 18 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 27 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Zhar Zhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 35 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 coral coral NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 47 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 into into ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 56 vats vat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 58 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 62 mark _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 fixed _ _ 60 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 62 expl _ _ 61 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ _ 63 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 64 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 65 as as ADP IN _ 64 fixed _ _ 66 boiling boil VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 67 amod _ _ 67 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 conj _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 71 amod _ _ 71 vat vat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 lukewarm lukewarm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 appos _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 78 amod _ _ 78 vat vat NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 81 icy icy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 82 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 84 in in ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 86 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 87 amod _ _ 87 vat vat NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 89 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **praise** | past | Nastasia | Tremsin | | the first vat | | for SEA's prowess; icy cold milk in the third vat *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | SEA | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | past | | the feather of the Bird Zhar | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feather=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | past | | the Bird Zhar | | | | feather *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer zhar=Stimulus | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Nastasia *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | Nastasia *not said here* | the milk | | three vats | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent milk=Goal | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | milk and hot boiling water | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **boil** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: 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 208](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/208/) - next →: [sentence 210](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/210/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)