Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, Oh: the Tsar of the Forest, sentence 75

Canst thou not tell me then, dear father, how I may recover my son?"--"Yes, I can," said the old man.--"Then prythee tell me, darling father, and I'll pray for thee to God all my life, for though he has not been much of a son to me, he is still my own flesh and blood."--"Hearken, then!" said the old man; "when thou dost go to Oh, he will let loose a multitude of doves before thee, but choose not one of these doves.

Who acts: thou, I, old man, prythee, son, own flesh · What happens: not tell, recover, say, tell, pray, have · To what, where: me, son, life, darling father, God, own flesh · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Oh: the Tsar of the Forest. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thou, I, old man, prythee), 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	Canst	can	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 tell	nsubj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 tell	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 father	punct
8	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 father	amod
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 recover	punct
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 recover	advmod
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 recover	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 recover	aux
14	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 father	conj
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 son	nmod:poss
16	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 recover	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 recover	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 recover	punct
19	--	--	PUNCT	_	27 said	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 can	punct
21	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	24 can	discourse
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Yes	punct
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 can	nsubj
24	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 said	ccomp
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 can	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 can	punct
27	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 recover	parataxis
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 man	det
29	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 man	amod
30	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 said	nsubj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	27 said	punct
32	--	--	PUNCT	_	36 tell	punct
33	"	"	PUNCT	_	36 tell	punct
34	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	36 tell	advmod
35	prythee	prythee	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 tell	nsubj
36	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 said	ccomp
37	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	36 tell	iobj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 father	punct
39	darling	darling	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 father	amod
40	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 tell	iobj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 pray	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 pray	cc
43	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	45 pray	nsubj
44	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 pray	aux
45	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 tell	conj
46	for	for	ADP	_	47 thee	case
47	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	45 pray	obl
48	to	to	ADP	_	49 God	case
49	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 pray	obl
50	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	52 life	det:predet
51	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 life	nmod:poss
52	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 tell	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 has	punct
54	for	for	SCONJ	_	57 has	mark
55	though	though	SCONJ	_	57 has	mark
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 has	nsubj
57	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 tell	parataxis
58	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	60 much	advmod
59	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	60 much	cop
60	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 has	obj
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 son	case
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 son	det
63	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 much	nmod
64	to	to	ADP	_	65 me	case
65	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	63 son	nmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 flesh	punct
67	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 flesh	nsubj
68	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 flesh	cop
69	still	still	ADV	_	72 flesh	advmod
70	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 flesh	nmod:poss
71	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 flesh	amod
72	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 said	nsubj
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 blood	cc
74	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 flesh	conj
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	74 blood	punct
76	"	"	PUNCT	_	74 blood	punct
77	--	--	PUNCT	_	79 Hearken	punct
78	"	"	PUNCT	_	79 Hearken	punct
79	Hearken	Hearken	PROPN	Number=Sing	72 flesh	conj
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 then	punct
81	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	72 flesh	advmod
82	!	!	PUNCT	_	81 then	punct
83	"	"	PUNCT	_	72 flesh	punct
84	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 much	acl
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 man	det
86	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 man	amod
87	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 said	nsubj
88	;	;	PUNCT	_	92 dost	punct
89	"	"	PUNCT	_	92 dost	punct
90	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	92 dost	advmod
91	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	92 dost	nsubj
92	dost	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 has	parataxis
93	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	92 dost	ccomp
94	to	to	ADP	_	93 go	obl
95	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	99 let	discourse
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 Oh	punct
97	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 let	nsubj
98	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	99 let	aux
99	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	92 dost	conj
100	loose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	99 let	xcomp
101	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	102 multitude	det
102	multitude	multitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 loose	obj
103	of	of	ADP	_	104 doves	case
104	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	102 multitude	nmod
105	before	before	ADP	_	106 thee	case
106	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	100 loose	obl
107	,	,	PUNCT	_	109 choose	punct
108	but	but	CCONJ	_	109 choose	cc
109	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	99 let	conj
110	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	109 choose	advmod
111	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	109 choose	obj
112	of	of	ADP	_	114 doves	case
113	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	114 doves	det
114	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	111 one	nmod
115	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	can	thou		me	then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
2	recover	may	I	my son				tree rules
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the old man					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive	prythee	my life	darling father	then		tree rules
5	pray	future	I		God		for thee	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for thou=Theme
6	have	present	son					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	not is	participle					of a son to me; much property	tree rules
8	is a	present	son	my own flesh and blood and Hearken		still; then		tree rules
9	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my own flesh and blood and Hearken					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
10	do	present	thou					tree rules
11	go	infinitive	thou not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	let	future	son					tree rules
13	lose	infinitive	son not said here	a multitude of doves		before thee		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent multitude=Eventuality
14	not choose	infinitive	son not said here	one of this doves				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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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