--- title: Turn back home," it said, "and thou wilt find thy master angry becau… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Turn back home," it said, "and thou wilt find thy master angry because thou hast tarried so long, and there was none to work for him, so that his corn has to remain standing in the field. Who acts: you, labourer, thou, none. 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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, labourer, thou, none), 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:pg29672:9:7 # text = Turn back home," it said, "and thou wilt find thy master angry because thou hast tarried so long, and there was none to work for him, so that his corn has to remain standing in the field. 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 12 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 17 because because SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 tarried tarry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 26 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 27 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 26 nsubj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 37 mark _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 xcomp _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | labourer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | future | thou | thy master | | | | angry *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent master=Attribute clause=Theme | | 4 | **tarry** | present · perfect · passive | | thou | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **work** | to-infinitive | none *not said here* | | | | | for Serpent | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary | | 7 | **have** | present | Serpent's corn | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **remain** | to-infinitive | Serpent's corn *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **stand** | gerund | Serpent's corn *not said here* | | | the field | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/8/) - ↑ back to [The Serpent-wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/9/)