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title: One day, when his uncles were again making ready to depart into fore… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: One day, when his uncles were again making ready to depart into foreign lands, he said to them, "Take me with you!"--"Why shouldst thou go?" said they; "we have wares to sell, but what hast thou?"--"Yet take me," said he.--"But thou hast nothing."--"I will make me laths and boards and take them with
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# Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, sentence 35

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One day, when his uncles were again making ready to depart into foreign lands, he said to them, "Take me with you!"--"Why shouldst thou go?" said they; "we have wares to sell, but what hast thou?"--"Yet take me," said he.--"But thou hast nothing."--"I will make me laths and boards and take them with me," said he.--His uncles laughed at him for imagining such wares as these, but he begged and prayed them till they were wearied. "

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**Who acts:** uncles, youth, thou, we · **What happens:** make, depart, say, take, go, have · **To what, where:** foreign lands, uncles, youth, wares, thou, nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (uncles, youth, thou, we), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg29672:8:35
# text = One day, when his uncles were again making ready to depart into foreign lands, he said to them, "Take me with you!"--"Why shouldst thou go?" said they; "we have wares to sell, but what hast thou?"--"Yet take me," said he.--"But thou hast nothing."--"I will make me laths and boards and take them with me," said he.--His uncles laughed at him for imagining such wares as these, but he begged and prayed them till they were wearied. "
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	ccomp	_	_
24	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	34	advmod	_	_
32	shouldst	should	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
33	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	34	nsubj	_	_
34	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	34	punct	_	_
37	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
38	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
43	wares	ware	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obj	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	49	obj	_	_
49	hast	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	ccomp	_	_
50	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	Yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	ccomp	_	_
57	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	56	punct	_	_
60	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
61	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	67	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
66	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	67	nsubj	_	_
67	hast	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	ccomp	_	_
68	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	67	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	67	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	67	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	75	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
74	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	75	aux	_	_
75	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	parataxis	_	_
76	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	75	obj	_	_
77	laths	lath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	obj	_	_
78	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	79	cc	_	_
79	boards	board	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	77	conj	_	_
80	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	81	cc	_	_
81	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	75	conj	_	_
82	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	81	obj	_	_
83	with	with	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
84	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	81	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	87	punct	_	_
87	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	parataxis	_	_
88	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	87	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	87	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	93	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	92	nmod:poss	_	_
92	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	93	nsubj	_	_
93	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	87	conj	_	_
94	at	at	ADP	IN	_	95	case	_	_
95	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	93	obl	_	_
96	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	97	mark	_	_
97	imagining	imagine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	93	advcl	_	_
98	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	99	amod	_	_
99	wares	ware	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	97	obj	_	_
100	as	as	ADP	IN	_	101	case	_	_
101	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	97	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
102	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	105	punct	_	_
103	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	105	cc	_	_
104	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	105	nsubj	_	_
105	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
106	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	107	cc	_	_
107	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	105	conj	_	_
108	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	107	obj	_	_
109	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	112	mark	_	_
110	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	112	nsubj	_	_
111	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	112	aux:pass	_	_
112	wearied	weary	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	107	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
113	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	105	punct	_	_
114	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	105	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · progressive | youth's uncles |  |  |  | again | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **depart** | to-infinitive | youth's uncles *not said here* |  |  | foreign lands |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | youth |  | uncles *= uncle* |  | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | youth |  |  | with uncles *= uncle* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination |
| 5 | **go** *in a quote* | should | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | uncles *= uncle* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | wares |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ware=Patient |
| 8 | **sell** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | wares *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **have** *in a quote* | present |  | thou |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | youth |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination |
| 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | youth |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **have** *in a quote* | present | thou | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 13 | **make** *in a quote* | future | youth | laths and boards | youth |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary lath=Product |
| 14 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | youth *not said here* | uncles *= uncle* |  |  |  | with youth | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 15 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | youth |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 16 | **laugh** | past | youth's uncles |  |  |  |  | at youth | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 17 | **imagine** | gerund | youth's uncles *not said here* | such wares |  |  |  | as these | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent ware=Theme as this=Attribute |
| 18 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | youth |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |
| 19 | **pray** | past | youth *not said here* | uncles *= uncle* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 20 | **weary** | past · passive |  | uncles *= uncle* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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.

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**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.

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