Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Iron Wolf, sentence 31

He went up to this hut, and saw an old man and an old woman sitting in front of it, and said to them, "Would you let me rest a little while with you, good people?"--"By all means!" said they.--"There is one thing, however, good people!" said he, "don't let the Iron Wolf catch me while I am resting with you."--"Have no fear of that!" replied the old couple. "

Who acts: man, old woman, rows, me, people, one thing · What happens: go up, see, sit, say, let, rest · To what, where: old man, front, rows, me, Iron Wolf, fear · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Iron Wolf. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, old woman, rows, me), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 went	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 hut	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 hut	det
6	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 saw	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 saw	cc
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 woman	cc
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 woman	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 woman	amod
16	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 man	conj
17	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 woman	acl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 front	case
19	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sitting	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 front	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 said	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 said	cc
24	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 them	case
26	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 said	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 let	punct
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	31 let	punct
29	Would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 let	aux
30	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	31 let	nsubj
31	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 said	ccomp
32	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 let	obj
33	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 let	xcomp
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 while	det
35	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 while	amod
36	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 rest	obj
37	with	with	ADP	_	38 you	case
38	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	33 rest	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 people	punct
40	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 people	amod
41	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 let	obl
42	?	?	PUNCT	_	31 let	punct
43	"	"	PUNCT	_	31 let	punct
44	--	--	PUNCT	_	48 means	punct
45	"	"	PUNCT	_	48 means	punct
46	By	by	ADP	_	47 all	case
47	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	48 means	obl
48	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 said	ccomp
49	!	!	PUNCT	_	48 means	punct
50	"	"	PUNCT	_	48 means	punct
51	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
52	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 said	nsubj
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct
54	--	--	PUNCT	_	57 is	punct
55	"	"	PUNCT	_	57 is	punct
56	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	57 is	expl
57	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
58	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	59 thing	nummod
59	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 is	nsubj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 said	punct
61	however	however	ADV	_	67 said	advmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 however	punct
63	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 people	amod
64	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 said	nsubj
65	!	!	PUNCT	_	64 people	punct
66	"	"	PUNCT	_	64 people	punct
67	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
68	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 said	nsubj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 let	punct
70	"	"	PUNCT	_	73 let	punct
71	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	73 let	aux
72	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	73 let	advmod
73	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 said	ccomp
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 Wolf	det
75	Iron	Iron	PROPN	Number=Sing	76 Wolf	compound
76	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 let	obj
77	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	73 let	xcomp
78	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	77 catch	obj
79	while	while	SCONJ	_	82 resting	mark
80	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	82 resting	nsubj
81	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	82 resting	aux
82	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	77 catch	advcl
83	with	with	ADP	_	84 you	case
84	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	82 resting	obl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	73 let	punct
86	"	"	PUNCT	_	73 let	punct
87	--	--	PUNCT	_	89 Have	punct
88	"	"	PUNCT	_	89 Have	punct
89	Have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 said	conj
90	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	91 fear	det
91	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 Have	obj
92	of	of	ADP	_	93 that	case
93	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	91 fear	nmod
94	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct
95	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct
96	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
97	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	99 couple	det
98	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 couple	amod
99	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 replied	nsubj
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct
101	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	past	man					to this hut	tree rules
2	see	past	man not said here	a old man and a old woman					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
3	sit	gerund	a old woman not said here			front of hut			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location
4	say speech: ask	past			rows = row				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic
5	let in a quote	would	rows = row	me				good people obl	tree rules
6	rest in a quote	infinitive	me not said here				while	with rows = row	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	mean in a quote	present						by all	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
8	say speech: assert	past	people						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	be in a quote	present	one thing			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	say speech: express	past						however property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
11	not let in a quote	infinitive · do-support		the Iron Wolf					tree rules
12	catch in a quote	infinitive	the Iron Wolf not said here	me					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
13	rest in a quote	present · progressive	I					with you	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	have in a quote	present		no fear of that					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient
15	reply speech: assert	past	the old couple						vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
16	fear in a quote			that					nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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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