Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox, sentence 2
One day the fox came running up: "Open the door, little cock!" cried she.--"Pussy told me not to, little fox!" said the cock.--"Open the door, little cock!" repeated the fox.--"I tell you, pussy told me not to, little fox!"--At last, however, the cock grew tired of always saying "No!" so he opened the door, and in the fox rushed, seized him in her jaws, and ran off with him.
Who acts: fox, Pussy, cock · What happens: come, run up, open, cry, tell, say · To what, where: door, fox, me, you, little fox, Pussy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fox, Pussy, cock), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 cried | advcl |
| 6 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 came | advcl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 running | compound:prt |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 Open | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Open | punct |
| 10 | Open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 came | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 door | det |
| 12 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Open | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cock | punct |
| 14 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 cock | amod |
| 15 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 door | conj |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 Open | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Open | punct |
| 18 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 cried | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 cried | punct |
| 21 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 24 told | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 told | punct |
| 23 | Pussy | Pussy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 told | nsubj |
| 24 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 cried | conj |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 told | iobj |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 fox | advmod |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 fox | mark |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 fox | punct |
| 29 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 fox | amod |
| 30 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 said | nsubj |
| 31 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 30 fox | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 fox | punct |
| 33 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 told | ccomp |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 cock | det |
| 35 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 said | obj |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 33 said | punct |
| 37 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 39 Open | punct |
| 38 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 Open | punct |
| 39 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 33 said | parataxis |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 door | det |
| 41 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 Open | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 cock | punct |
| 43 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 cock | amod |
| 44 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 door | conj |
| 45 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 39 Open | punct |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 Open | punct |
| 47 | repeated | repeat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 said | conj |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 fox | det |
| 49 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 repeated | obj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 told | punct |
| 51 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 54 tell | punct |
| 52 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 54 tell | punct |
| 53 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 tell | nsubj |
| 54 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 told | ccomp |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 54 tell | iobj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 told | punct |
| 57 | pussy | pussy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 told | nsubj |
| 58 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 tell | ccomp |
| 59 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 told | iobj |
| 60 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 64 fox | advmod |
| 61 | to | to | PART | _ | 64 fox | mark |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 fox | punct |
| 63 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 fox | amod |
| 64 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 told | obl |
| 65 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 64 fox | punct |
| 66 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 64 fox | punct |
| 67 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 69 last | punct |
| 68 | At | at | ADP | _ | 69 last | case |
| 69 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 told | conj |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 grew | punct |
| 71 | however | however | ADV | _ | 75 grew | advmod |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 however | punct |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 cock | det |
| 74 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 grew | nsubj |
| 75 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 told | conj |
| 76 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 grew | xcomp |
| 77 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 79 saying | mark |
| 78 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 79 saying | advmod |
| 79 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 76 tired | advcl |
| 80 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 81 No | punct |
| 81 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 79 saying | discourse |
| 82 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 81 No | punct |
| 83 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 54 tell | punct |
| 84 | so | so | ADV | _ | 86 opened | advmod |
| 85 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 86 opened | nsubj |
| 86 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 tell | parataxis |
| 87 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 88 door | det |
| 88 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 86 opened | obj |
| 89 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 94 rushed | punct |
| 90 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 94 rushed | cc |
| 91 | in | in | ADP | _ | 93 fox | case |
| 92 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 93 fox | det |
| 93 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 94 rushed | nsubj |
| 94 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 86 opened | parataxis |
| 95 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 96 seized | punct |
| 96 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 94 rushed | conj |
| 97 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 96 seized | obj |
| 98 | in | in | ADP | _ | 100 jaws | case |
| 99 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 100 jaws | nmod:poss |
| 100 | jaws | jaw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 96 seized | obl |
| 101 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 103 ran | punct |
| 102 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 103 ran | cc |
| 103 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 86 opened | conj |
| 104 | off | off | ADP | _ | 103 ran | compound:prt |
| 105 | with | with | ADP | _ | 106 him | case |
| 106 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 103 ran | obl |
| 107 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the fox | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run up | gerund | the fox not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | open in a quote | infinitive | the fox not said here | the door and little cock | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | ||||
| 4 | cry speech: express | past | fox | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | |||||
| 5 | tell speech: assert in a quote | past | Pussy | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | say speech: express | past | the cock | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | open in a quote | infinitive | the door and little cock | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | |||||
| 8 | repeat | past | the cock not said here | the fox | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | ||||
| 9 | tell speech: assert in a quote | present | Pussy | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 10 | tell speech: assert in a quote | past | pussy | little fox | Pussy | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | |||
| 11 | grow | past | the cock | however, tired property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 12 | say speech: assert | gerund | the cock not said here | always property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 13 | open | past | cock | the door | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | ||||
| 14 | rush | past | the fox | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 15 | seize | past | the fox not said here | cock | fox's jaws | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 16 | run off | past | cock not said here | with cock | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with he=Material |
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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