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title: Then she said to the man, "Now kiss me once, but see to it that I do… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Then she said to the man, "Now kiss me once, but see to it that I do not bite thee!"--Then he kissed her once, and she wound herself round a branch of a tree and asked him, "What dost thou feel within thee?"--He answered, "At the moment when I kissed thee it seemed to me as if I knew everything that
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# Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Serpent-wife, sentence 48

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Then she said to the man, "Now kiss me once, but see to it that I do not bite thee!"--Then he kissed her once, and she wound herself round a branch of a tree and asked him, "What dost thou feel within thee?"--He answered, "At the moment when I kissed thee it seemed to me as if I knew everything that was going on in the world!"--Then she said to him again, "Kiss me a second time!"--"And what dost thou feel now?" she asked when he had kissed her again.--"Now," said he, "I understand all languages which are spoken among men."--Then she said to him, "And now kiss me a third time, but this will be for the last time."

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**Who acts:** wife, Serpent, it, thou, this · **What happens:** say, kiss, see, not bite, woun, ask · **To what, where:** man, wife, bush, thee, Serpent, thou · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Serpent-wife. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, Serpent, it, thou), 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:pg29672:9:48
# text = Then she said to the man, "Now kiss me once, but see to it that I do not bite thee!"--Then he kissed her once, and she wound herself round a branch of a tree and asked him, "What dost thou feel within thee?"--He answered, "At the moment when I kissed thee it seemed to me as if I knew everything that was going on in the world!"--Then she said to him again, "Kiss me a second time!"--"And what dost thou feel now?" she asked when he had kissed her again.--"Now," said he, "I understand all languages which are spoken among men."--Then she said to him, "And now kiss me a third time, but this will be for the last time."
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	kiss	kiss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
19	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
22	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
23	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	29	advmod	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
30	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	_
31	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	29	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	wound	woun	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
36	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	35	obj	_	_
37	round	round	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
45	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	49	obj	_	_
49	dost	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	parataxis	_	_
50	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	49	obj	_	_
51	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	xcomp	_	_
52	within	within	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
60	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	At	at	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
64	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	66	advmod	_	_
65	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
66	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	advcl	_	_
67	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	66	obj	_	_
68	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
69	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
70	to	to	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	69	obl	_	_
72	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
73	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
74	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
75	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	advcl	_	_
76	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	75	obj	_	_
77	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	79	nsubj	_	_
78	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	79	aux	_	_
79	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	76	acl:relcl	_	_
80	on	on	ADP	RP	_	79	compound:prt	_	_
81	in	in	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	79	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	75	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	89	advmod	_	_
88	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	89	nsubj	_	_
89	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	parataxis	_	_
90	to	to	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
91	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	89	obl	_	_
92	again	again	ADV	RB	_	89	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	95	punct	_	_
94	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	95	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
95	Kiss	kiss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	89	ccomp	_	_
96	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	95	obj	_	_
97	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	99	det	_	_
98	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	99	amod	_	_
99	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	95	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
100	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	95	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
101	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	95	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
102	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
103	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
104	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	108	cc	_	_
105	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	108	obj	_	_
106	dost	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	108	aux	_	_
107	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	108	nsubj	_	_
108	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	69	conj	_	_
109	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	108	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
110	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
111	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
112	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	113	nsubj	_	_
113	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
114	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	117	advmod	_	_
115	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	117	nsubj	_	_
116	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	117	aux	_	_
117	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	113	ccomp	_	_
118	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	117	obj	_	_
119	again	again	ADV	RB	_	117	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
120	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
121	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	123	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
122	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	123	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
123	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	126	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
124	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	123	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
125	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	123	punct	_	_
126	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
127	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	126	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
128	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	131	punct	_	_
129	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	131	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
130	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	131	nsubj	_	_
131	understand	understand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	126	ccomp	_	_
132	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	133	det	_	_
133	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	131	obj	_	_
134	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	136	nsubj:pass	_	_
135	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	136	aux:pass	_	_
136	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	133	acl:relcl	_	_
137	among	among	ADP	IN	_	138	case	_	_
138	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	136	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
139	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	131	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
140	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	131	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
141	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	144	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
142	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	144	advmod	_	_
143	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	144	nsubj	_	_
144	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
145	to	to	ADP	IN	_	146	case	_	_
146	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	144	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
147	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	144	punct	_	_
148	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	144	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
149	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	151	cc	_	_
150	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	151	advmod	_	_
151	kiss	kiss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	144	conj	_	_
152	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	151	obj	_	_
153	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	155	det	_	_
154	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	155	amod	_	_
155	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	151	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
156	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	164	punct	_	_
157	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	164	cc	_	_
158	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	164	nsubj	_	_
159	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	164	aux	_	_
160	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	164	cop	_	_
161	for	for	ADP	IN	_	164	case	_	_
162	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	164	det	_	_
163	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	164	amod	_	_
164	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
165	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	164	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
166	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	164	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | wife |  | the man |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **kiss** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | wife |  |  | now | once *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | bush |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **not** **bite** *in a quote* | present · do-support | wife | thee |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient |
| 5 | **kiss** | past | Serpent | wife |  |  | then | once *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |
| 6 | **woun** | past | wife | wife |  |  |  | round a branch of a tree | tree rules |
| 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | wife *not said here* |  | Serpent |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 8 | **do** *in a quote* | present |  | thou |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **feel** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | within thee | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 10 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Serpent |  |  |  | moment |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **kiss** *in a quote* | past | wife | thee |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Co-Agent |
| 12 | **seem** *in a quote* | past | it |  | wife |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 13 | **know** *in a quote* | past | wife | everything |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |
| 14 | **go on** *in a quote* | past · progressive |  |  |  | the world |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in world=Location |
| 15 | **say** *speech: express* | past | wife |  | Serpent |  | then; again |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 16 | **kiss** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | wife |  |  | time |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent |
| 17 | **feel** *in a quote* | present · do-support | thou |  |  |  | now |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 18 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | wife |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 19 | **kiss** | past · perfect | Serpent | wife |  |  | again |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |
| 20 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Serpent |  |  |  | now |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 21 | **understand** *in a quote* | present | Serpent | all languages |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer language=Stimulus |
| 22 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · passive |  | all languages |  |  |  | among men | tree rules |
| 23 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wife |  | Serpent |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
| 24 | **kiss** *in a quote* | infinitive | wife *not said here* | wife |  |  | now; time |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent |
| 25 | **is** *in a quote* | future | this |  |  |  | for the last time |  | tree rules |

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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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