Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Magic Egg, sentence 107
Did nothing come out then?"--"No," said he, "nothing but an old woman who asked me what I was seeking, and I told her the golden hare, and she said, 'It is not here,' so I let her go."--Then the girl replied, "Why didst thou not lay hold of her? for she was the very golden hare itself, and now thou never wilt catch it unless I turn myself into a hare and thou take and lay me on the table, and give me into my mother's, the she-dragon's hands, and go away, for if she find out all about it she will tear the pair of us to pieces."
Who acts: nothing, I, girl, hare, thou · What happens: come out, say, ask, seek, tell, not be · To what, where: me, golden hare, girl, hold, hare, myself · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Magic Egg. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nothing, I, girl, hare), 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 2 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 come | nsubj |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 come | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| 8 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 No | punct |
| 10 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 13 said | discourse |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 No | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 No | punct |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | parataxis |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 nothing | nsubj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 nothing | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 nothing | punct |
| 17 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 13 said | ccomp |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 woman | cc |
| 19 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 woman | det |
| 20 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 woman | amod |
| 21 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 nothing | conj |
| 22 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 asked | nsubj |
| 23 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 nothing | parataxis |
| 24 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 asked | iobj |
| 25 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 28 seeking | obj |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 seeking | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 seeking | aux |
| 28 | seeking | seek | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 asked | ccomp |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 told | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 told | cc |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 told | nsubj |
| 32 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | conj |
| 33 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 told | iobj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 hare | det |
| 35 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 hare | amod |
| 36 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 told | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 said | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 said | cc |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 said | nsubj |
| 40 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 told | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 here | punct |
| 42 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 46 here | punct |
| 43 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 here | nsubj |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 here | cop |
| 45 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 46 here | advmod |
| 46 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 said | ccomp |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 here | punct |
| 48 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 40 said | punct |
| 49 | so | so | ADV | _ | 51 let | advmod |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 let | nsubj |
| 51 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 said | advcl |
| 52 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 let | obj |
| 53 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 let | xcomp |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 53 go | punct |
| 55 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 let | punct |
| 56 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 60 replied | punct |
| 57 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 60 replied | advmod |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 girl | det |
| 59 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 replied | nsubj |
| 60 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 let | parataxis |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 didst | punct |
| 62 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 64 didst | punct |
| 63 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 64 didst | advmod |
| 64 | didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 replied | parataxis |
| 65 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 67 lay | nsubj |
| 66 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 64 didst | advmod |
| 67 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 didst | ccomp |
| 68 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 lay | obj |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 her | case |
| 70 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 hold | nmod |
| 71 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 67 lay | punct |
| 72 | for | for | ADP | _ | 78 hare | case |
| 73 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 78 hare | nsubj |
| 74 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 78 hare | cop |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 hare | det |
| 76 | very | very | ADV | _ | 77 golden | advmod |
| 77 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 78 hare | amod |
| 78 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 lay | obl |
| 79 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 78 hare | nmod:unmarked |
| 80 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 86 catch | punct |
| 81 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 86 catch | cc |
| 82 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 86 catch | advmod |
| 83 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 86 catch | nsubj |
| 84 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 86 catch | advmod |
| 85 | wilt | will | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 86 catch | aux |
| 86 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 didst | conj |
| 87 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 86 catch | obj |
| 88 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 90 turn | mark |
| 89 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 90 turn | nsubj |
| 90 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 86 catch | advcl |
| 91 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 90 turn | obj |
| 92 | into | into | ADP | _ | 94 hare | case |
| 93 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 94 hare | det |
| 94 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 90 turn | obl |
| 95 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 97 take | cc |
| 96 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 97 take | nsubj |
| 97 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 90 turn | conj |
| 98 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 99 lay | cc |
| 99 | lay | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 97 take | conj |
| 100 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 99 lay | obj |
| 101 | on | on | ADP | _ | 103 table | case |
| 102 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 103 table | det |
| 103 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 99 lay | obl |
| 104 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 106 give | punct |
| 105 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 106 give | cc |
| 106 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 51 let | conj |
| 107 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 106 give | iobj |
| 108 | into | into | ADP | _ | 110 mother | case |
| 109 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 110 mother | nmod:poss |
| 110 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 106 give | obl |
| 111 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 110 mother | case |
| 112 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 118 hands | punct |
| 113 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 116 dragon | det |
| 114 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 116 dragon | compound |
| 115 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 114 she | punct |
| 116 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 118 hands | nmod:poss |
| 117 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 116 dragon | case |
| 118 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 106 give | obl |
| 119 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 121 go | punct |
| 120 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 121 go | cc |
| 121 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 32 told | ccomp |
| 122 | away | away | ADV | _ | 121 go | advmod |
| 123 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 127 find | punct |
| 124 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 127 find | mark |
| 125 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 127 find | mark |
| 126 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 127 find | nsubj |
| 127 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 121 go | conj |
| 128 | out | out | ADP | _ | 127 find | compound:prt |
| 129 | all | all | ADV | _ | 134 tear | advmod |
| 130 | about | about | ADP | _ | 131 it | case |
| 131 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 129 all | obl |
| 132 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 134 tear | nsubj |
| 133 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 134 tear | aux |
| 134 | tear | tear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 127 find | conj |
| 135 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 136 pair | det |
| 136 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 134 tear | obj |
| 137 | of | of | ADP | _ | 138 us | case |
| 138 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 136 pair | nmod |
| 139 | to | to | ADP | _ | 140 pieces | case |
| 140 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 134 tear | obl |
| 141 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| 142 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | past · do-support | nothing | then | out property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | me | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | seek | past · progressive | I | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | |||||
| 5 | tell speech: assert | past | I | the golden hare | girl | tree rules | |||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | not is | present | hare | here property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | let | past | I | girl | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | go | infinitive | girl not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | reply speech: assert in a quote | past | the girl | then | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 11 | not do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 12 | lie | past | thou | hold of girl | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hold=Theme | ||||
| 13 | is | past | girl | for the golden hare; hare nmod:unmarked | tree rules | ||||
| 14 | not catch | future | thou | hare | now | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 15 | turn a condition, not said to happen | present | I | myself | into a hare result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent myself=Theme into hare=Result | |||
| 16 | take | infinitive | thou | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 17 | lay | infinitive | thou not said here | me | the table | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme on table=Destination | |||
| 18 | give | infinitive | I not said here | the she dragon's hands | me | into my mother | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||
| 19 | go away | infinitive | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 20 | find out a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | girl | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 21 | tear | future | girl | the pair of us | to pieces result; all property | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent pair=Patient to piece=Result | |||
| 22 | hold | girl | nom hold «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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