--- title: Then Tremsin went to his faithful steed and wept bitterly, and the h… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Tremsin went to his faithful steed and wept bitterly, and the horse said to him, "Wherefore dost thou weep?"--"Why should I not weep?" cried he; "the thrice-lovely Nastasia has given me a task to do that cannot be done. Who acts: Tremsin, horse, thou. 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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 (Tremsin, horse, 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:pg29672:8:210 # text = Then Tremsin went to his faithful steed and wept bitterly, and the horse said to him, "Wherefore dost thou weep?"--"Why should I not weep?" cried he; "the thrice-lovely Nastasia has given me a task to do that cannot be done. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Tremsin Tremsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 21 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 23 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ? ? PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 35 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Nastasia Nastasia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl _ _ 51 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 nsubj _ _ 52 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Tremsin | | | SEA's faithful steed | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to steed=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **weep** | past | Tremsin *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the horse | | SEA | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | thou *not said here* | | | | | wherefore *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **weep** *in a quote* | infinitive | thou | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **weep** *in a quote* | should | the horse *= horse* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Tremsin *not said here* | SEA | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 8 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the lovely Nastasia | Tremsin | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | can · passive | | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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 209](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/209/) - next →: [sentence 211](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/211/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)