Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Old Dog, sentence 4

The wolf said, "I see thy master in the field; go after him, and perchance he'll give thee something."--"Nay," said the dog, "they won't even let me walk about the fields now, they only beat me."--"Look now," said the wolf, "I'm sorry, and will make things better for thee.

Who acts: wolf, perchance, dog, doors · What happens: say, see, go, give, not let, walk · To what, where: master, field, something, thee, wolf, things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Old Dog. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wolf, perchance, dog, doors), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
8	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	9 master	nmod:poss
9	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
14	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 see	conj
15	after	after	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 go	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 give	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 give	cc
19	perchance	perchance	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 give	nsubj
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 give	nsubj
21	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 give	aux
22	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
23	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	22 give	iobj
24	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	22 give	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 something	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 give	punct
27	--	--	PUNCT	_	29 Nay	punct
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	29 Nay	punct
29	Nay	nay	INTJ	_	32 said	discourse
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 Nay	punct
31	"	"	PUNCT	_	29 Nay	punct
32	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	parataxis
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 dog	det
34	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 said	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 let	punct
36	"	"	PUNCT	_	41 let	punct
37	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 let	nsubj
38	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 let	aux
39	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	41 let	advmod
40	even	even	ADV	_	41 let	advmod
41	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 said	ccomp
42	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 let	obj
43	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 let	xcomp
44	about	about	ADP	_	46 fields	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 fields	det
46	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 walk	obl
47	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	43 walk	advmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 beat	punct
49	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 beat	nsubj
50	only	only	ADV	_	51 beat	advmod
51	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	parataxis
52	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 beat	obj
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	51 beat	punct
54	"	"	PUNCT	_	51 beat	punct
55	--	--	PUNCT	_	57 Look	punct
56	"	"	PUNCT	_	57 Look	punct
57	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 said	parataxis
58	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	57 Look	advmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 Look	punct
60	"	"	PUNCT	_	57 Look	punct
61	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 wolf	det
63	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 said	nsubj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 sorry	punct
65	"	"	PUNCT	_	68 sorry	punct
66	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	68 sorry	nsubj
67	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 sorry	cop
68	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 said	ccomp
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 make	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 make	cc
71	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 make	aux
72	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 sorry	parataxis
73	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 make	obj
74	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	72 make	xcomp
75	for	for	ADP	_	76 thee	case
76	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	74 better	obl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the wolf						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see in a quote	present	the wolf = wolf	thy master		the field			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer master=Stimulus
3	go in a quote	infinitive	the wolf = wolf not said here				after wolf		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	give in a quote	future	perchance	something	thee				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient something=Theme
5	say speech: assert	past	the dog						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	not let in a quote	future	doors = door	the wolf = wolf					tree rules
7	walk in a quote	infinitive	the wolf = wolf not said here				now	about the fields	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about field=Trajectory
8	beat in a quote	past	doors = door	the wolf = wolf					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location i=Theme
9	look in a quote	infinitive					now		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
10	say speech: assert	past	the wolf						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
11	is in a quote	present	the wolf = wolf					sorry property	tree rules
12	make in a quote	future		things				good property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product

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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