--- title: “Oh, tell the gipsy,” the Lord said, “that his trade is from whomsoe… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, tell the gipsy,” the Lord said, “that his trade is from whomsoever he take and steal, he, then, shall cheat and perjure himself.” Who acts: you, Lord, trade, GIPSY. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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, Lord, trade, GIPSY), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:3:153 # text = “Oh, tell the gipsy,” the Lord said, “that his trade is from whomsoever he take and steal, he, then, shall cheat and perjure himself.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gipsy gipsy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 whomsoever whomsoever NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 advcl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 steal steal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 cheat cheat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 perjure perjure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the gipsy | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent gipsy=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Lord | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | GIPSY's trade | | | whomsoever | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | present | GIPSY | whomsoever *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whomsoever=Theme | | 5 | **steal** *in a quote* | present | GIPSY *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cheat** *in a quote* | shall | GIPSY | | | | then | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **perjure** *in a quote* | infinitive | GIPSY *not said here* | GIPSY | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **trade** *in a quote* | | GIPSY | | | | | | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (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 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/152/) - next →: [sentence 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/154/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/)