--- title: Well, come," they said, "though there is naught for thee to do; only… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well, come," they said, "though there is naught for thee to do; only take not much of these wares of thine with thee, for our ships are already full."--Then he made him laths and boards, put them on board the ship, took St Michael with him, and they departed. Who acts: you, uncles, ships, youth. 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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 (you, uncles, ships, youth), 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:pg29672:8:36 # text = Well, come," they said, "though there is naught for thee to do; only take not much of these wares of thine with thee, for our ships are already full."--Then he made him laths and boards, put them on board the ship, took St Michael with him, and they departed. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 though though SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 7 ccomp _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 only only ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 wares ware NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 already already ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 laths lath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 boards board NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 board board ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 parataxis _ _ 56 St St PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod:desc _ _ 57 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | uncles *= uncle* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | | naught | | | | for thee | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | uncles *= uncle* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | much | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent much=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **is** | present | our ships | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | past | youth | laths and boards | Michael | | then | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary lath=Product | | 8 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | uncles *= uncle* | | the ship | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on ship=Destination | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | past | | | Michael St | | | with youth | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument michael=Destination | | 10 | **depart** *in a quote* | past | uncles *= uncle* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/37/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)