Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 1, sentence 28

And he said to them, "Why do ye weep, and why are all your houses hung with black?"--And they answered, "Because there's a Dragon here who eats the people, and it has come to such a pass with us that to-morrow we must give him our Princess for dinner."--"Nay, but ye shall not do this thing," said he, and, with that, he set out for the cavern where the Dragon lived, and tethered his horse there and slept by the side of the cavern all night.

Who acts: brother, ye, houses, Dragon, we · What happens: say, weep, hang, answer, be, eat · To what, where: houses, people, pass, Princess, brother, thing · 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, ye, houses, Dragon), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 weep	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 weep	punct
8	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 weep	advmod
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 weep	aux
10	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 weep	nsubj
11	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 why	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 why	cc
14	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 weep	parataxis
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 all	cop
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 houses	det:predet
17	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 houses	nmod:poss
18	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 why	nsubj
19	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 houses	acl
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 black	case
21	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 hung	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 hung	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 hung	punct
24	--	--	PUNCT	_	27 answered	punct
25	And	and	CCONJ	_	27 answered	cc
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 answered	nsubj
27	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	parataxis
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 here	punct
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	35 here	punct
30	Because	because	SCONJ	_	32 's	mark
31	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	32 's	expl
32	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 here	cop
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 Dragon	det
34	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 's	nsubj
35	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	27 answered	conj
36	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	37 eats	nsubj
37	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 here	parataxis
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 people	det
39	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 eats	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 come	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 come	cc
42	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 come	nsubj
43	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 come	aux
44	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 said	parataxis
45	to	to	ADP	_	48 pass	case
46	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	48 pass	det:predet
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 pass	det
48	pass	pass	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 come	obl
49	with	with	ADP	_	50 us	case
50	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 pass	nmod
51	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	50 us	nmod:unmarked
52	to	to	ADP	_	54 morrow	case
53	-	-	PUNCT	_	52 to	punct
54	morrow	morrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 come	obl
55	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 give	nsubj
56	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 give	aux
57	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 come	parataxis
58	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 give	iobj
59	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 Princess	nmod:poss
60	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 give	obj
61	for	for	ADP	_	62 dinner	case
62	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 give	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
65	--	--	PUNCT	_	67 Nay	punct
66	"	"	PUNCT	_	67 Nay	punct
67	Nay	nay	INTJ	_	3 said	parataxis
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 do	punct
69	but	but	CCONJ	_	73 do	cc
70	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	73 do	nsubj
71	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 do	aux
72	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	73 do	advmod
73	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
74	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	75 thing	det
75	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 do	obj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 do	punct
77	"	"	PUNCT	_	73 do	punct
78	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
79	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 said	nsubj
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 set	punct
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	87 set	cc
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 that	punct
83	with	with	ADP	_	84 that	case
84	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	87 set	obl
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 that	punct
86	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	87 set	nsubj
87	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
88	out	out	ADP	_	87 set	compound:prt
89	for	for	ADP	_	91 cavern	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 cavern	det
91	cavern	cavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 set	obl
92	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	95 lived	advmod
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 Dragon	det
94	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	95 lived	nsubj
95	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 cavern	acl:relcl
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 tethered	punct
97	and	and	CCONJ	_	98 tethered	cc
98	tethered	tether	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
99	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	100 horse	nmod:poss
100	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 tethered	obj
101	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	98 tethered	advmod
102	and	and	CCONJ	_	103 slept	cc
103	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	98 tethered	parataxis
104	by	by	ADP	_	106 side	case
105	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	106 side	det
106	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	103 slept	obl
107	of	of	ADP	_	109 cavern	case
108	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	109 cavern	det
109	cavern	cavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 side	nmod
110	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	111 night	det
111	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	103 slept	obl:unmarked
112	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	past	brother		houses = house				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	weep in a quote	present · do-support	ye						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hang in a quote	participle		your houses not said here				with black	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	answer speech: assert	past	houses = house						vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is in a quote	present	houses = house not said here					here property	tree rules
6	eat in a quote	present		the people					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
7	come in a quote	present · perfect	Dragon			such pass with us		to morrow	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to pass=Initial_Location to morrow=Destination
8	give in a quote	must	we	our Princess	brother			for dinner	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient princess=Theme for dinner=Asset
9	not do in a quote	shall	ye	this thing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
10	say speech: assert	past	brother						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
11	set out	past	brother					with that; for the cavern	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	live	past	the Dragon						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	tether	past	brother not said here	brother's horse		there			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
14	sleep	participle					night	by the side of the cavern	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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