Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 1, sentence 16
An apple-tree was there, and beneath the apple-tree was the fire, and the old witch came out to him and said, "Little master! little master! let me come and warm myself."--"Come along, little mother!" cried he; "come and warm thyself and make thyself comfortable."
Who acts: apple tree, old witch, Little master, fire · What happens: be, come out, say, let, come, warm · To what, where: fire, old witch, little mother, thyself · 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 (apple tree, old witch, Little master, fire), 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 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tree | det |
| 2 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tree | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 apple | punct |
| 4 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 there | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 there | cop |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 53 cried | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fire | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 fire | cc |
| 9 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 13 tree | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tree | det |
| 11 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tree | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 apple | punct |
| 13 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fire | obl |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 fire | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 fire | det |
| 16 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 there | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 came | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 came | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 witch | det |
| 20 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 witch | amod |
| 21 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 came | nsubj |
| 22 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 there | parataxis |
| 23 | out | out | ADV | _ | 22 came | advmod |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 him | case |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 came | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 said | cc |
| 27 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 came | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 master | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 master | punct |
| 30 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 master | amod |
| 31 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 let | nsubj |
| 32 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 34 master | punct |
| 33 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 master | amod |
| 34 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 master | appos |
| 35 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 34 master | punct |
| 36 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 said | ccomp |
| 37 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 let | obj |
| 38 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 let | xcomp |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 warm | cc |
| 40 | warm | warm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 come | conj |
| 41 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 40 warm | obj |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 36 let | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 let | punct |
| 44 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 46 Come | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 Come | punct |
| 46 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 said | ccomp |
| 47 | along | along | ADV | _ | 46 Come | advmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 mother | punct |
| 49 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 mother | amod |
| 50 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 Come | obl |
| 51 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 46 Come | punct |
| 52 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 Come | punct |
| 53 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 54 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 cried | nsubj |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 come | punct |
| 56 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 57 come | punct |
| 57 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 cried | conj |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 warm | cc |
| 59 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 come | xcomp |
| 60 | thyself | thyself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch | 59 warm | nsubj |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 make | cc |
| 62 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 come | conj |
| 63 | thyself | thyself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch | 62 make | obj |
| 64 | comfortable | comfortable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 make | xcomp |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 53 cried | punct |
| 66 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 53 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | a apple tree | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the fire | beneath the apple tree | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come out | past | the old witch | fire | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | |||
| 4 | say speech: express | past | the old witch not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | let in a quote | infinitive | Little master | the old witch = witch | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | come in a quote | infinitive | the old witch = witch not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | warm in a quote | infinitive | the old witch = witch not said here | the old witch = witch | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | ||||
| 8 | come along in a quote | infinitive | little mother | along property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | cry speech: express | past | fire | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | come in a quote | infinitive | fire not said here | warm property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 11 | make in a quote | infinitive | fire not said here | thyself | comfortable property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thyself=Product |
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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