--- title: Good health to my lord!" cried he.--"Good health!"--"I have come on… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Good health to my lord!" cried he.--"Good health!"--"I have come on an errand to thee, dear little master!"--"What may thine errand be?" inquired the rich man.--"Alas! would to God that I had no need to say it. Who acts: Good health, I, errand. 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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 (Good health, I, errand), 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:pg29672:8:9 # text = Good health to my lord!" cried he.--"Good health!"--"I have come on an errand to thee, dear little master!"--"What may thine errand be?" inquired the rich man.--"Alas! would to God that I had no need to say it. 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 to to ADP TO _ 26 case _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 42 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 53 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 54 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 obj _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 acl:relcl _ _ 57 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 58 det _ _ 58 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 acl _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | Good health | Perchance | | | | to my lord; Good health *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | present · perfect | I | | | a errand to thee | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on errand=Location | | 3 | **be** | may | thine errand | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 4 | **inquire** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Good health *not said here* | | the rich man | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient | | 5 | **have** | past | I | God | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | need | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/10/) - ↑ back to [The Vampire and St Michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/8/)