Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox, sentence 97
My son will be here presently," said she, "and he will slay thee."--"Nay, but, granny," said the bride, "I've already stayed the night with such as thou, for I have lodged at the house of the Mother of the Winds."--Then the old woman took her in, and hid her, for she was the Mother of the Moon.
Who acts: son, husband, I, old woman, woman · What happens: be, say, slay, stay, lodge, take · To what, where: thee, bride, house, mother · 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 (son, husband, I, old woman), 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 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 son | nmod:poss |
| 2 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 here | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 here | cop |
| 5 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 son | acl:relcl |
| 6 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 5 here | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 son | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 son | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 , | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 slay | cc |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 slay | nsubj |
| 15 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 slay | aux |
| 16 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 said | conj |
| 17 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 16 slay | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 slay | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 slay | punct |
| 20 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 22 Nay | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 Nay | punct |
| 22 | Nay | nay | INTJ | _ | 9 said | parataxis |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 said | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 said | cc |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 granny | punct |
| 26 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 said | ccomp |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 granny | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 granny | punct |
| 29 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | parataxis |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 bride | det |
| 31 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 said | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 stayed | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 stayed | punct |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 stayed | nsubj |
| 35 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 stayed | aux |
| 36 | already | already | ADV | _ | 37 stayed | advmod |
| 37 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 said | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 night | det |
| 39 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 stayed | obl:unmarked |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 thou | case |
| 41 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 43 thou | case |
| 42 | as | as | ADP | _ | 41 such | fixed |
| 43 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 37 stayed | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 lodged | punct |
| 45 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 48 lodged | mark |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 lodged | nsubj |
| 47 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 lodged | aux |
| 48 | lodged | lodge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 stayed | conj |
| 49 | at | at | ADP | _ | 51 house | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 house | det |
| 51 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 lodged | obl |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 Mother | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 Mother | det |
| 54 | Mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 house | nmod |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 Winds | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 Winds | det |
| 57 | Winds | Wind | PROPN | Number=Plur | 54 Mother | nmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 48 lodged | punct |
| 59 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 lodged | punct |
| 60 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 65 took | punct |
| 61 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 65 took | advmod |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 woman | det |
| 63 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 woman | amod |
| 64 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 took | nsubj |
| 65 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 said | conj |
| 66 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 took | obj |
| 67 | in | in | ADV | _ | 65 took | advmod |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 hid | punct |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 hid | cc |
| 70 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 took | conj |
| 71 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 hid | obj |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 Mother | punct |
| 73 | for | for | ADP | _ | 77 Mother | case |
| 74 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 77 Mother | nsubj |
| 75 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 77 Mother | cop |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 Mother | det |
| 77 | Mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 hid | obl |
| 78 | of | of | ADP | _ | 80 Moon | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 Moon | det |
| 80 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 77 Mother | nmod |
| 81 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | My son not said here | here, presently property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | My son | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | slay | future | husband | thee | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | the bride | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bride=Topic | |||||
| 5 | stay | present | I | night | with thou | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with thou=Location | |||
| 6 | lodge | present · perfect | I | the house of the Mother of the Winds | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location | ||||
| 7 | take in a quote | past | the old woman | mother | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | |||
| 8 | hide in a quote | past | the old woman not said here | mother | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 9 | is in a quote | past | woman | for the Mother; of the Moon | 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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