Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 1, sentence 13
Then he scaled the two mountains as nimbly as a goat, and the old man gave him a bast rope, three fathoms long, and bade him return to the mountain where was the fire and the old woman who had asked him to stay and warm himself, and bind this old woman with the cord and beat her till she promised to bring his brother back to life again, and not only his brother but a Tsar and a Tsaritsa[23] and a Tsarivna, who were also turned to stone there. "
Who acts: man, old man, old woman, woman · What happens: scale, give, return, be, ask, stay · To what, where: two mountains, bast rope, brother, bade, fire, old woman
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 (man, old man, old woman, 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 scaled | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 scaled | nsubj |
| 3 | scaled | scale | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mountains | det |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 mountains | nummod |
| 6 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 scaled | obj |
| 7 | as | as | ADV | _ | 8 nimbly | advmod |
| 8 | nimbly | nimbly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mountains | amod |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 goat | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 goat | det |
| 11 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 nimbly | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 gave | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 gave | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 man | det |
| 15 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 man | amod |
| 16 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gave | nsubj |
| 17 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scaled | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 gave | iobj |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 rope | det |
| 20 | bast | bast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 rope | compound |
| 21 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gave | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 fathoms | punct |
| 23 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 fathoms | nummod |
| 24 | fathoms | fathom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 long | obl:unmarked |
| 25 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 rope | amod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 return | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 bade | cc |
| 28 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 return | obl |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 bade | obj |
| 30 | return | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scaled | parataxis |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 mountain | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 mountain | det |
| 33 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 return | obl |
| 34 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 37 fire | advmod |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 fire | cop |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 fire | det |
| 37 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 return | obl |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 woman | cc |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 woman | det |
| 40 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 woman | amod |
| 41 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 fire | conj |
| 42 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 asked | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 asked | aux |
| 44 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 woman | acl:relcl |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 asked | iobj |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 stay | mark |
| 47 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 asked | xcomp |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 warm | cc |
| 49 | warm | warm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 stay | conj |
| 50 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 49 warm | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 bind | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 bind | cc |
| 53 | bind | bind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 return | conj |
| 54 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 56 woman | det |
| 55 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 woman | amod |
| 56 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 bind | obj |
| 57 | with | with | ADP | _ | 59 cord | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 cord | det |
| 59 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 bind | obl |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 beat | cc |
| 61 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scaled | conj |
| 62 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 beat | obj |
| 63 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 65 promised | mark |
| 64 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 promised | nsubj |
| 65 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 beat | advcl |
| 66 | to | to | PART | _ | 67 bring | mark |
| 67 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 65 promised | xcomp |
| 68 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 69 brother | nmod:poss |
| 69 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 bring | obj |
| 70 | back | back | ADV | _ | 67 bring | advmod |
| 71 | to | to | ADP | _ | 72 life | case |
| 72 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 bring | obl |
| 73 | again | again | ADV | _ | 67 bring | advmod |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 79 brother | punct |
| 75 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 79 brother | cc |
| 76 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 79 brother | advmod |
| 77 | only | only | ADV | _ | 79 brother | advmod |
| 78 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 79 brother | nmod:poss |
| 79 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scaled | parataxis |
| 80 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 82 Tsar | cc |
| 81 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 82 Tsar | det |
| 82 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 brother | conj |
| 83 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 85 Tsaritsa | cc |
| 84 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 85 Tsaritsa | det |
| 85 | Tsaritsa | Tsaritsa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 82 Tsar | conj |
| 86 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 87 23 | punct |
| 87 | 23 | 23 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 85 Tsaritsa | appos |
| 88 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 85 Tsaritsa | punct |
| 89 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 91 Tsarivna | cc |
| 90 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 91 Tsarivna | det |
| 91 | Tsarivna | Tsarivna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 82 Tsar | conj |
| 92 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 96 turned | punct |
| 93 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 96 turned | nsubj |
| 94 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 96 turned | aux:pass |
| 95 | also | also | ADV | _ | 96 turned | advmod |
| 96 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 79 brother | parataxis |
| 97 | to | to | ADP | _ | 98 stone | case |
| 98 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 96 turned | obl |
| 99 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 96 turned | advmod |
| 100 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 96 turned | punct |
| 101 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 79 brother | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scale | past | man | the two mountains | then | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Source | |||
| 2 | give | past | the old man | a bast rope | brother | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient rope=Theme | |||
| 3 | return | present | bade | to the mountain result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to mountain=Result | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | the fire and the old woman | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask | past · perfect · passive | the old woman | brother | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | the old woman not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | warm | infinitive | the old woman not said here | brother | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | ||||
| 8 | bind | infinitive | this old woman | with the cord | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient with cord=Co-Patient | ||||
| 9 | beat | past | man not said here | woman | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | ||||
| 10 | promise speech: promise | past | woman | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 11 | bring back not said to happen | to-infinitive | woman not said here | man's brother | life | again | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent brother=Theme to life=Destination | ||
| 12 | turn | past · passive | man's brother but a Tsar and a Tsaritsa and a Tsarivna | stone; there | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to stone=Trajectory |
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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