Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 7, sentence 19

In Scotland it is told, in a slightly different form, of two old maids who were once found bathed in tears, and who were obliged to confess that they had been day-dreaming and supposing--if they had been married, and one had had a boy and the other a girl; and if the children, when they grew up, had married, and had had a little child; and if it had tumbled out of the window and been killed--what a dreadful thing it would have been.

Who acts: two old maids, horns, one, children · What happens: tell, find, bath, oblige, confess, dream · To what, where: world, children, Scotland, two old maids, tears, horns · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two old maids, horns, one, children), 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 Scotland	case
2	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 form	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 form	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 form	det
9	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	10 different	advmod
10	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 form	amod
11	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 maids	punct
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 maids	case
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 maids	nummod
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 maids	amod
16	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	obl
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 found	nsubj
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 found	aux:pass
19	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	20 found	advmod
20	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 maids	acl:relcl
21	bathed	bath	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 found	xcomp
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 tears	case
23	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 bathed	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 obliged	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 obliged	cc
26	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 obliged	nsubj
27	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 obliged	aux:pass
28	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 told	conj
29	to	to	PART	_	30 confess	mark
30	confess	confess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 obliged	xcomp
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 dreaming	mark
32	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 dreaming	nsubj
33	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 dreaming	aux
34	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	37 dreaming	aux
35	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 dreaming	compound
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	35 day	punct
37	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 confess	advcl
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 supposing	cc
39	supposing	suppose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 dreaming	conj
40	--	--	PUNCT	_	45 married	punct
41	if	if	SCONJ	_	45 married	mark
42	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 married	nsubj:pass
43	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 married	aux
44	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	45 married	aux:pass
45	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 obliged	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 had	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 had	cc
48	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	50 had	nsubj
49	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 had	aux
50	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	28 obliged	parataxis
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 boy	det
52	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 had	obj
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 girl	cc
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 other	det
55	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 girl	amod
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 girl	det
57	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 boy	conj
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 children	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 children	cc
60	if	if	SCONJ	_	62 children	mark
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 children	det
62	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	iobj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 grew	punct
64	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	66 grew	advmod
65	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 grew	nsubj
66	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 children	acl:relcl
67	up	up	ADP	_	66 grew	compound:prt
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 married	punct
69	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 married	aux
70	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	66 grew	conj
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 had	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 had	cc
73	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 had	aux
74	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	70 married	conj
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 child	det
76	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 child	amod
77	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 had	obj
78	;	;	PUNCT	_	83 tumbled	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 tumbled	cc
80	if	if	SCONJ	_	83 tumbled	mark
81	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 tumbled	nsubj:pass
82	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 tumbled	aux
83	tumbled	tumble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	62 children	acl
84	out	out	ADP	_	87 window	case
85	of	of	ADP	_	87 window	case
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 window	det
87	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 tumbled	obl
88	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 killed	cc
89	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	90 killed	aux:pass
90	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	83 tumbled	conj
91	--	--	PUNCT	_	92 what	punct
92	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	62 children	parataxis
93	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	95 thing	det
94	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	95 thing	amod
95	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 what	nsubj
96	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 been	nsubj
97	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	99 been	aux
98	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	99 been	aux
99	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	95 thing	acl:relcl
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		world	the children	Scotland	in a different form; of two old maids	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient child=Topic
2	find	past · passive		two old maids			once property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
3	bath	participle	two old maids not said here			tears		tree rules
4	oblige	past · passive						vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
5	confess	to-infinitive						vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
6	dream	past · perfect · progressive	horns = horn					vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
7	suppose	gerund	horns = horn not said here					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
8	marry a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		horns = horn				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
9	have	past · perfect	one	a boy and a other girl				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient
10	grow up	past	horns = horn					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	marry	past · perfect	horns = horn not said here					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
12	have	past · perfect	horns = horn not said here	a little child				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
13	tumble a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive	the children not said here	world		the window		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
14	kill	participle · passive	the children not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

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 Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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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