Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Straw Ox, sentence 48

The fox put out her little snout and asked him, "Be so kind, dear daddy, and tell me why you are sharpening your knife!"--"Little foxes," said the old man, "have nice skins that do capitally for collars and trimmings, and I want to skin you!"--"Oh! don't take my skin away, daddy dear, and I will bring you hens and geese."--"Very well, see that you do it!" and he let the fox go.

Who acts: fox, you, old man, nice skins, I, bear · What happens: put out, ask, be, tell, sharpen, say · To what, where: little snout, bear, me, knife, nice skins, skin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Straw Ox. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fox, you, old man, nice skins), 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 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	nsubj
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 put	compound:prt
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 snout	nmod:poss
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 snout	amod
7	snout	snout	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 asked	cc
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 see	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asked	iobj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 kind	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 kind	punct
13	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 kind	cop
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 kind	advmod
15	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 said	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 daddy	punct
17	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 daddy	amod
18	daddy	daddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 kind	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 tell	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 tell	cc
21	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 kind	conj
22	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 tell	iobj
23	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	26 sharpening	advmod
24	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	26 sharpening	nsubj
25	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 sharpening	aux
26	sharpening	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 tell	ccomp
27	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 knife	nmod:poss
28	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sharpening	obj
29	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 kind	punct
30	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 kind	punct
31	--	--	PUNCT	_	34 foxes	punct
32	"	"	PUNCT	_	34 foxes	punct
33	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 foxes	amod
34	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 kind	parataxis
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 foxes	punct
36	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 kind	punct
37	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 asked	parataxis
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 man	det
39	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 man	amod
40	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 said	nsubj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 have	punct
42	"	"	PUNCT	_	43 have	punct
43	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 said	ccomp
44	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 skins	amod
45	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 have	obj
46	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 do	nsubj
47	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 skins	acl:relcl
48	capitally	capitally	ADV	_	47 do	advmod
49	for	for	ADP	_	50 collars	case
50	collars	collar	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 do	obl
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 trimmings	cc
52	trimmings	trimming	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 collars	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 want	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 want	cc
55	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 want	nsubj
56	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 have	conj
57	to	to	PART	_	58 skin	mark
58	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 want	obj
59	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 want	obj
60	!	!	PUNCT	_	56 want	punct
61	"	"	PUNCT	_	56 want	punct
62	--	--	PUNCT	_	68 take	punct
63	"	"	PUNCT	_	68 take	punct
64	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	68 take	discourse
65	!	!	PUNCT	_	64 Oh	punct
66	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	68 take	aux
67	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	68 take	advmod
68	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 said	ccomp
69	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 skin	nmod:poss
70	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 take	obj
71	away	away	ADV	_	68 take	advmod
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 dear	punct
73	daddy	daddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 dear	obl:unmarked
74	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 take	parataxis
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 bring	punct
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 bring	cc
77	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	79 bring	nsubj
78	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	79 bring	aux
79	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 asked	ccomp
80	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	79 bring	obj
81	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 bring	obj
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 geese	cc
83	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 hens	conj
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	79 bring	punct
85	"	"	PUNCT	_	79 bring	punct
86	--	--	PUNCT	_	89 well	punct
87	"	"	PUNCT	_	89 well	punct
88	Very	very	ADV	_	89 well	advmod
89	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	91 see	advmod
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 well	punct
91	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 put	advcl
92	that	that	SCONJ	_	94 do	mark
93	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	94 do	nsubj
94	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	91 see	ccomp
95	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 do	obj
96	!	!	PUNCT	_	91 see	punct
97	"	"	PUNCT	_	91 see	punct
98	and	and	CCONJ	_	100 let	cc
99	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	100 let	nsubj
100	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 put	conj
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 fox	det
102	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 let	obj
103	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	100 let	xcomp
104	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	put out	past	the fox	daddy's little snout			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent snout=Goal
2	ask speech: ask	past			bear		vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	is in a quote	infinitive				dear daddy obl; kind property	tree rules
4	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive			me		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
5	sharpen in a quote	present · progressive	you	your knife			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent knife=Patient
6	say speech: express	past	the old man				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	have in a quote	present		nice skins			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient
8	do in a quote	present	nice skins			for collars and trimmings; capitally property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	want in a quote	present	the old man = man	skin			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme you=Attribute
10	not take away in a quote	infinitive · do-support		my skin		away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
11	bring in a quote	future	I	hens and geese	bear		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination hen=Theme
12	see in a quote	infinitive	the fox not said here			well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
13	do in a quote	present	you	knife			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
14	let	past	bear	the fox			tree rules
15	go	infinitive	the fox not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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