--- title: Do thou go in my stead and pass the night in the church, and I'll gi… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Do thou go in my stead and pass the night in the church, and I'll give thee all my ship."--"Nay, but," said the simpleton, "what if she tear me to pieces too? Who acts: thou, I, Tsar. 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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 (thou, I, Tsar), 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:pg29672:8:58 # text = Do thou go in my stead and pass the night in the church, and I'll give thee all my ship."--"Nay, but," said the simpleton, "what if she tear me to pieces too? 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 stead stead NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 iobj _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 simpleton simpleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 too too ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | infinitive · do-support | thou | | | my stead | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pass** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | the church | night | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in church=Location | | 3 | **give** | future | I | my ship | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient ship=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the simpleton | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent simpleton=Topic | | 5 | **tear** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | Tsar | me | | | | to pieces | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Patient i=Result | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/59/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)