More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 15, sentence 38

Oh, they all stood still looking at me, when the one that wasn't carrying the coffin came forward and, staring straight at me, said to me--yes, I tell 'ee, _said_ to me, with a squeaky voice, 'Tell Tom Tildrum that Tim Toldrum's dead,' and that's why I asked you if you knew who Tom Tildrum was, for how can I tell Tom Tildrum Tim Toldrum's dead if I don't know who Tom Tildrum is?"

Who acts: Cats, one, I, _, that, you · What happens: stand, look, not carry, come forward, stare, say · To what, where: coffin, me, ee, Tom, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cats, one, I, _), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	5 stood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oh	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stood	nsubj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 stood	advmod
5	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	still	still	ADV	_	5 stood	advmod
7	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stood	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 me	case
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 looking	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 came	punct
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 came	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 one	det
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 came	nsubj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 carrying	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 carrying	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 carrying	advmod
17	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 one	acl:relcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 coffin	det
19	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 carrying	obj
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stood	parataxis
21	forward	forward	ADV	_	20 came	advmod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 said	cc
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 and	punct
24	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 said	advcl
25	straight	straight	ADV	_	27 me	advmod
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 me	case
27	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 staring	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 staring	punct
29	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 came	conj
30	to	to	ADP	_	31 me	case
31	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 said	obl
32	--	--	PUNCT	_	36 tell	punct
33	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	36 tell	discourse
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 yes	punct
35	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	36 tell	nsubj
36	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stood	conj
37	'	's	PART	_	36 tell	case
38	ee	ee	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 tell	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 said	punct
40	_	_	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 said	nsubj
41	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 tell	ccomp
42	_	_	PUNCT	_	41 said	punct
43	to	to	ADP	_	44 me	case
44	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 said	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 voice	punct
46	with	with	ADP	_	49 voice	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 voice	det
48	squeaky	squeaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 voice	amod
49	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 said	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 Tell	punct
51	'	'	PUNCT	_	52 Tell	punct
52	Tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 voice	parataxis
53	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 Tell	obj
54	Tildrum	Tildrum	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 Tom	flat
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 dead	mark
56	Tim	Tim	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Toldrum	compound
57	Toldrum	Toldrum	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 dead	nsubj
58	's	's	PART	_	57 Toldrum	case
59	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 Tell	advcl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 voice	punct
61	'	'	PUNCT	_	49 voice	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 why	cc
63	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	65 why	nsubj
64	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	65 why	cop
65	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 stood	conj
66	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 asked	nsubj
67	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stood	parataxis
68	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	67 asked	iobj
69	if	if	SCONJ	_	71 knew	mark
70	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	71 knew	nsubj
71	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 asked	advcl
72	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 knew	obj
73	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 tell	nsubj
74	Tildrum	Tildrum	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 Tom	flat
75	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 tell	cop
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 tell	punct
77	for	for	SCONJ	_	81 tell	mark
78	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	81 tell	advmod
79	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	81 tell	aux
80	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	81 tell	nsubj
81	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 who	acl:relcl
82	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 tell	obj
83	Tildrum	Tildrum	PROPN	Number=Sing	82 Tom	flat
84	Tim	Tim	PROPN	Number=Sing	82 Tom	conj
85	Toldrum	Toldrum	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 Tim	flat
86	's	's	PART	_	84 Tim	case
87	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 tell	ccomp
88	if	if	SCONJ	_	92 know	mark
89	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	92 know	nsubj
90	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	92 know	aux
91	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	92 know	advmod
92	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	81 tell	advcl
93	who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	92 know	ccomp
94	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	93 who	nsubj
95	Tildrum	Tildrum	PROPN	Number=Sing	94 Tom	flat
96	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	93 who	cop
97	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 stood	punct
98	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 stood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	Cats = cat			still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look	gerund	Cats = cat not said here				at me	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme
3	not carry	past · progressive	the one	the coffin				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffin=Theme
4	come forward	past	the one				forward property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	stare	gerund					at me	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme
6	say speech: assert	past	the one not said here		me			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient
7	tell speech: assert	present	I	ee				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent ee=Recipient clause=Topic
8	say speech: assert	past	_		me		with a squeaky voice	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient
9	tell speech: assert	infinitive			Tom			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient
10	is	present	that				why property	tree rules
11	ask speech: ask	past	I		you			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
12	know a condition, not said to happen	past	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer who=Stimulus
13	is	can · past	Tom				tell property	tree rules
14	not know a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	I					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
15	is a	present	Tom					tree rules

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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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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