Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Tsar and the Angel, sentence 187
Yes," said his wife, "I know the road that leads to hell also very well; but the nobleman must let his overseer go with thee, or else he never will believe that thou really didst go to hell."--So the nobleman told his overseer that he must go to hell too, so they went together; and when they got there the rulers of hell laid hands upon the overseer straightway. "
Who acts: I, road, nobleman, overseer, thou, wife · What happens: say, know, lead, let, go, not believe · To what, where: wife, road, hell, overseer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Tsar and the Angel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, road, nobleman, overseer), 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 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 wife | nmod:poss |
| 6 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 know | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 know | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 know | nsubj |
| 10 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 road | det |
| 12 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 know | obj |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 leads | nsubj |
| 14 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 road | acl:relcl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 hell | case |
| 16 | hell | hell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 leads | obl |
| 17 | also | also | ADV | _ | 14 leads | advmod |
| 18 | very | very | ADV | _ | 19 well | advmod |
| 19 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 leads | advmod |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 let | punct |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 let | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 nobleman | det |
| 23 | nobleman | nobleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 let | nsubj |
| 24 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 let | aux |
| 25 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 overseer | nmod:poss |
| 27 | overseer | overseer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 go | nsubj |
| 28 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 let | xcomp |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 thee | case |
| 30 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 28 go | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 believe | punct |
| 32 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 37 believe | cc |
| 33 | else | else | ADV | _ | 37 believe | advmod |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 believe | nsubj |
| 35 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 37 believe | advmod |
| 36 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 believe | aux |
| 37 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 let | conj |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 didst | mark |
| 39 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 41 didst | nsubj |
| 40 | really | really | ADV | _ | 41 didst | advmod |
| 41 | didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 believe | advcl |
| 42 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 41 didst | ccomp |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 hell | case |
| 44 | hell | hell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 go | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 let | punct |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 let | punct |
| 47 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 51 told | punct |
| 48 | So | so | ADV | _ | 51 told | advmod |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 nobleman | det |
| 50 | nobleman | nobleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 told | nsubj |
| 51 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | parataxis |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 overseer | nmod:poss |
| 53 | overseer | overseer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 told | obj |
| 54 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 57 go | mark |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 go | nsubj |
| 56 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 go | aux |
| 57 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 told | xcomp |
| 58 | to | to | ADP | _ | 59 hell | case |
| 59 | hell | hell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 go | obl |
| 60 | too | too | ADV | _ | 57 go | advmod |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 went | punct |
| 62 | so | so | ADV | _ | 64 went | advmod |
| 63 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 went | nsubj |
| 64 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 told | conj |
| 65 | together | together | ADV | _ | 64 went | advmod |
| 66 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 70 got | punct |
| 67 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 got | cc |
| 68 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 70 got | advmod |
| 69 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 got | nsubj |
| 70 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | parataxis |
| 71 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 70 got | advmod |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 rulers | det |
| 73 | rulers | ruler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 hands | nsubj |
| 74 | of | of | ADP | _ | 75 hell | case |
| 75 | hell | hell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 rulers | nmod |
| 76 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 77 hands | amod |
| 77 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 got | ccomp |
| 78 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 81 straightway | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 straightway | det |
| 80 | overseer | overseer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 straightway | compound |
| 81 | straightway | straightway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 got | obl |
| 82 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 70 got | punct |
| 83 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 70 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | ho's wife | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | know | present | I | the road | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | lead | present | the road | to hell; well property | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to hell=Patient | ||||
| 4 | let | must | the nobleman | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | go | infinitive | ho's overseer | with thee | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with thou=Beneficiary | ||||
| 6 | not believe | future | overseer | else property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | do | past | thou | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | go | infinitive | thou not said here | hell | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hell=Initial_Location | ||||
| 9 | tell speech: assert in a quote | past | the nobleman | ho's overseer | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent overseer=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 10 | go not said to happen, in a quote | must | overseer | hell | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hell=Initial_Location | ||||
| 11 | go together in a quote | past | wife | together property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 12 | get in a quote | past | wife | there | upon the overseer straightway | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 13 | lay in a quote | participle | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 14 | hand in a quote | the rulers of hell | tree rules |
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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