Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Sparrow and the Bush, sentence 5
[14]--So the sparrow went to the sparrow-hawk and said, "Come, pusher, seize hen, hen won't peck worms, worms won't gnaw pole-axe, pole-axe won't strike ox, ox won't drink water, water won't quench fire, fire won't burn Tartars, Tartars won't slay people, people won't kill wolf, wolf won't eat goat, goat won't nibble bush, bush won't give little sparrow a swing."
Who acts: sparrow, hen, worms, pole axe, ox, water · What happens: go, say, come, seize, not peck, not gnaw · To what, where: 14, pusher, hen, worms, pole axe, ox · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Sparrow and the Bush. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sparrow, hen, worms, pole axe), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 14 | punct |
| 2 | 14 | 14 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 went | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 14 | punct |
| 4 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 8 went | punct |
| 5 | So | so | ADV | _ | 8 went | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sparrow | det |
| 7 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | nsubj |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 hawk | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hawk | det |
| 11 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hawk | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 sparrow | punct |
| 13 | hawk | hawk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 went | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Come | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 Come | punct |
| 18 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | ccomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 pusher | punct |
| 20 | pusher | pusher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Come | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 seize | punct |
| 22 | seize | seize | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 Come | conj |
| 23 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 seize | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 peck | punct |
| 25 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 peck | nsubj |
| 26 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 peck | aux |
| 27 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 peck | advmod |
| 28 | peck | peck | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 Come | conj |
| 29 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 peck | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 gnaw | punct |
| 31 | worms | worm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 gnaw | nsubj |
| 32 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 gnaw | aux |
| 33 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 gnaw | advmod |
| 34 | gnaw | gnaw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 Come | parataxis |
| 35 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 axe | compound |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 pole | punct |
| 37 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 gnaw | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 strike | punct |
| 39 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 axe | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 pole | punct |
| 41 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 strike | nsubj |
| 42 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 strike | aux |
| 43 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 44 strike | advmod |
| 44 | strike | strike | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 gnaw | conj |
| 45 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 strike | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 drink | punct |
| 47 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 drink | nsubj |
| 48 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 drink | aux |
| 49 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 drink | advmod |
| 50 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 strike | parataxis |
| 51 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 drink | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 quench | punct |
| 53 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 quench | nsubj |
| 54 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 quench | aux |
| 55 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 56 quench | advmod |
| 56 | quench | quench | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 drink | conj |
| 57 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 quench | obj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 burn | punct |
| 59 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 burn | nsubj |
| 60 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 burn | aux |
| 61 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 62 burn | advmod |
| 62 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 56 quench | conj |
| 63 | Tartars | Tartar | PROPN | Number=Plur | 68 slay | nsubj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 Tartars | punct |
| 65 | Tartars | Tartar | PROPN | Number=Plur | 63 Tartars | conj |
| 66 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 68 slay | aux |
| 67 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 68 slay | advmod |
| 68 | slay | slay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 62 burn | parataxis |
| 69 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 slay | obj |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 kill | punct |
| 71 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 kill | nsubj |
| 72 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 74 kill | aux |
| 73 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 74 kill | advmod |
| 74 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 slay | conj |
| 75 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 kill | obj |
| 76 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 eat | punct |
| 77 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 eat | nsubj |
| 78 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 80 eat | aux |
| 79 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 80 eat | advmod |
| 80 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 slay | parataxis |
| 81 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 eat | obj |
| 82 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 86 nibble | punct |
| 83 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 86 nibble | nsubj |
| 84 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 86 nibble | aux |
| 85 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 86 nibble | advmod |
| 86 | nibble | nibble | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 80 eat | conj |
| 87 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 86 nibble | obj |
| 88 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 92 give | punct |
| 89 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 92 give | nsubj |
| 90 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 92 give | aux |
| 91 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 92 give | advmod |
| 92 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 86 nibble | conj |
| 93 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 94 sparrow | amod |
| 94 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 92 give | obj |
| 95 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 96 swing | det |
| 96 | swing | swing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 92 give | obj |
| 97 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 went | punct |
| 98 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the sparrow | 14 | to the sparrow hawk | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hawk=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the sparrow not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | come in a quote | infinitive | pusher | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | seize in a quote | infinitive | hen | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Theme | |||||
| 5 | not peck in a quote | future | hen | worms | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worm=Patient | ||||
| 6 | not gnaw in a quote | future | worms | pole axe | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Patient | ||||
| 7 | not strike in a quote | future | pole axe | ox | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Patient | ||||
| 8 | not drink in a quote | future | ox | water | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ||||
| 9 | not quench in a quote | future | water | fire | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fire=Experiencer | ||||
| 10 | not burn in a quote | future | fire | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 11 | not slay in a quote | future | Tartars and Tartars | people | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | ||||
| 12 | not kill in a quote | future | people | wolf | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme | ||||
| 13 | not eat in a quote | future | wolf | goat | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Patient | ||||
| 14 | not nibble in a quote | future | goat | bush | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bush=Patient | ||||
| 15 | not give in a quote | future | bush | little sparrow | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent sparrow=Recipient swing=Theme |
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.
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