Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 1, sentence 10

Then he knew that his brother was perishing, and he went in search of him, and came at last to the high mountain that was higher than all others, and on the top of this mountain there was a little courtyard, and in the courtyard an old woman, who said to him, "Little Prince, what brings thee hither, and what dost thou seek?"--"I seek my brother," said he; "a whole year has passed since I heard of him, and I know not whether he be alive or dead."--Then she said to him, "I can tell thee that he is dead, and it is of no use seeking for him, though thou goest the wide world over.

Who acts: brother, that, little courtyard, old woman, thou, whole year · What happens: know, perish, go, come, be, say · To what, where: search, last, top, brother, Little Prince, courtyard · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Two Princes, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, that, little courtyard, 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 knew	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 perishing	mark
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brother	nmod:poss
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 perishing	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 perishing	aux
8	perishing	perish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 knew	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 went	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 search	case
14	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 search	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 came	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 came	cc
19	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	conj
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 last	case
21	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 came	obl
22	to	to	ADP	_	25 mountain	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 mountain	det
24	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 mountain	amod
25	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 came	obl
26	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 higher	nsubj
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 higher	cop
28	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	25 mountain	parataxis
29	than	than	ADP	_	31 others	case
30	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	31 others	det
31	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 higher	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 was	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 was	cc
34	on	on	ADP	_	36 top	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 top	det
36	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 was	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 mountain	case
38	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	39 mountain	det
39	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 top	nmod
40	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	41 was	expl
41	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	parataxis
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 courtyard	det
43	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 courtyard	amod
44	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 was	nsubj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 said	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 said	cc
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 courtyard	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 courtyard	det
49	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 said	obl
50	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 woman	det
51	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 woman	amod
52	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 said	nsubj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 said	punct
54	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 said	nsubj
55	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 woman	acl:relcl
56	to	to	ADP	_	57 him	case
57	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 said	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 Prince	punct
59	"	"	PUNCT	_	61 Prince	punct
60	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 Prince	amod
61	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 brings	obl
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 brings	punct
63	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	64 brings	nsubj
64	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 said	ccomp
65	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	64 brings	obj
66	hither	hither	ADV	_	64 brings	advmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 seek	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 seek	cc
69	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	72 seek	obj
70	dost	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 seek	aux
71	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	72 seek	nsubj
72	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 brings	conj
73	?	?	PUNCT	_	72 seek	punct
74	"	"	PUNCT	_	72 seek	punct
75	--	--	PUNCT	_	78 seek	punct
76	"	"	PUNCT	_	78 seek	punct
77	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	78 seek	nsubj
78	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 brings	conj
79	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	80 brother	nmod:poss
80	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 seek	obj
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 seek	punct
82	"	"	PUNCT	_	64 brings	punct
83	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	parataxis
84	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 said	nsubj
85	;	;	PUNCT	_	91 passed	punct
86	"	"	PUNCT	_	91 passed	punct
87	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 year	det
88	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 year	amod
89	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 passed	nsubj
90	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	91 passed	aux
91	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 knew	conj
92	since	since	SCONJ	_	94 heard	mark
93	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	94 heard	nsubj
94	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 passed	advcl
95	of	of	ADP	_	96 him	case
96	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 heard	obl
97	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 know	punct
98	and	and	CCONJ	_	100 know	cc
99	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	100 know	nsubj
100	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	parataxis
101	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	100 know	advmod
102	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	105 alive	mark
103	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	105 alive	nsubj
104	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	105 alive	cop
105	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 know	ccomp
106	or	or	CCONJ	_	107 dead	cc
107	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	105 alive	conj
108	.	.	PUNCT	_	105 alive	punct
109	"	"	PUNCT	_	100 know	punct
110	--	--	PUNCT	_	113 said	punct
111	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	113 said	advmod
112	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	113 said	nsubj
113	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	parataxis
114	to	to	ADP	_	115 him	case
115	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	113 said	obl
116	,	,	PUNCT	_	120 tell	punct
117	"	"	PUNCT	_	120 tell	punct
118	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	120 tell	nsubj
119	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	120 tell	aux
120	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	113 said	conj
121	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	120 tell	iobj
122	that	that	SCONJ	_	125 dead	mark
123	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	125 dead	nsubj
124	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	125 dead	cop
125	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	120 tell	advcl
126	,	,	PUNCT	_	132 use	punct
127	and	and	CCONJ	_	132 use	cc
128	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	132 use	nsubj
129	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	132 use	cop
130	of	of	ADP	_	132 use	case
131	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	132 use	det
132	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knew	ccomp
133	seeking	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	132 use	acl
134	for	for	ADP	_	135 him	case
135	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	133 seeking	obl
136	,	,	PUNCT	_	139 goest	punct
137	though	though	SCONJ	_	139 goest	mark
138	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	139 goest	nsubj
139	goest	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	conj
140	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	142 world	det
141	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	142 world	amod
142	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	139 goest	obj
143	over	over	ADV	_	139 goest	advmod
144	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 knew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	brother				then		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	perish	past · progressive	brother's brother						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	go	past	brother			search of other			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in search=Location
4	come	past	brother not said here			last		to the high mountain	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial_Location
5	is	past	that					than all others; high property	tree rules
6	be	past	a little courtyard			the top of this mountain; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Location
7	say speech: ask	past	a old woman		brother				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
8	bring in a quote	present		Little Prince				hither property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thou=Theme
9	seek in a quote	present · do-support	thou						vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
10	seek in a quote	present	brother	my brother					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme
11	say speech: assert	past	a old woman			the courtyard			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in courtyard=Manner
12	pass in a quote	present · perfect	a whole year						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	hear in a quote	past	brother					of brother	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of he=Stimulus
14	not know in a quote	present	brother						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
15	is in a quote	infinitive	brother					alive property	tree rules
16	be in a quote		brother not said here						tree rules
17	say speech: assert	past	woman		brother		then		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
18	tell speech: assert in a quote	can	woman		thee				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient
19	is in a quote	present	brother					dead property	tree rules
20	is in a quote	present	courtyard					of no use	tree rules
21	seek in a quote	gerund	no use not said here					for brother	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme
22	go in a quote	present	thou	the wide world				over property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location world=Theme
23	search			other					nom search «act 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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