Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 1, sentence 34
Then the Dragon darted back again, but when he had waited till midday and still there was neither breakfast nor dinner for him, he popped two of his heads out and cried, "It is high time I had my dinner, and still there is neither breakfast nor dinner for me!"--"Come forth, and I'll give thee both at once!" cried the Prince.
Who acts: Dragon, Prince, breakfast · What happens: dart back, wait, be, pop, cry, have · To what, where: two heads, high time, dinner, thee · 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 (Dragon, Prince, breakfast), 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 | 4 darted | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Dragon | det |
| 3 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 darted | nsubj |
| 4 | darted | dart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 darted | advmod |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 darted | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 waited | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 waited | cc |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 waited | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 waited | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 waited | aux |
| 12 | waited | wait | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 darted | parataxis |
| 13 | till | till | ADP | _ | 14 midday | case |
| 14 | midday | midday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 waited | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 was | cc |
| 16 | still | still | ADV | _ | 18 was | advmod |
| 17 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 18 was | expl |
| 18 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 waited | conj |
| 19 | neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 20 breakfast | cc:preconj |
| 20 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 was | nsubj |
| 21 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 22 dinner | cc |
| 22 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 breakfast | conj |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 him | case |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 dinner | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 popped | punct |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 popped | nsubj |
| 27 | popped | pop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 darted | conj |
| 28 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 heads | nummod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 heads | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 heads | nmod:poss |
| 31 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 popped | obj |
| 32 | out | out | ADV | _ | 27 popped | advmod |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 cried | cc |
| 34 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 popped | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 time | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 time | punct |
| 37 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 time | nsubj |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 time | cop |
| 39 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 time | amod |
| 40 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 cried | obl |
| 41 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 had | nsubj |
| 42 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 time | acl:relcl |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 dinner | nmod:poss |
| 44 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 had | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 is | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 is | cc |
| 47 | still | still | ADV | _ | 49 is | advmod |
| 48 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 49 is | expl |
| 49 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 Come | cop |
| 50 | neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 51 breakfast | cc:preconj |
| 51 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 is | nsubj |
| 52 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 53 dinner | cc |
| 53 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 breakfast | conj |
| 54 | for | for | ADP | _ | 55 me | case |
| 55 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 53 dinner | nmod |
| 56 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 53 dinner | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 53 dinner | punct |
| 58 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 60 Come | punct |
| 59 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 60 Come | punct |
| 60 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 darted | conj |
| 61 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 60 Come | advmod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 give | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 give | cc |
| 64 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 66 give | nsubj |
| 65 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 66 give | aux |
| 66 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 darted | conj |
| 67 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 66 give | iobj |
| 68 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 67 thee | appos |
| 69 | at | at | ADP | _ | 70 once | case |
| 70 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 66 give | obl |
| 71 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 66 give | punct |
| 72 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 66 give | punct |
| 73 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 darted | conj |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 Prince | det |
| 75 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 cried | nsubj |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 darted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dart back | past | the Dragon | then; again | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wait | past · perfect | Prince | till midday | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | be | past | breakfast nor dinner for Prince | there | still | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | pop | past | Prince | Prince's two heads | out property | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | |||
| 5 | cry speech: express | past | Prince not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | breakfast | high time | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | have in a quote | past | Prince | my dinner | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | ||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | the Dragon not said here | come, forth property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | give in a quote | future | the Prince = prince | thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Theme at once=Asset | ||||
| 10 | cry speech: express | past | the Prince | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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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