Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Magic Egg, sentence 120

I did, indeed, pass on the road some standing wheat and an old man watching it, and I asked the old man if he had seen a lad and a lass pass by that way, and he said, 'Yes, while this wheat was being sown,' but the wheat was quite ripe for the sickle, so I knew it was a long while ago and turned back."--"Why didst thou not tear that old man and the wheat to pieces?" cried the she-dragon; "it was they!

Who acts: I, old man, man, wheat, thou, dragon · What happens: do, pass, stand, watch, ask, see · To what, where: standing wheat, road, wheat, old man, lad, long while · 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 (I, old man, man, wheat), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pass	punct
4	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	6 pass	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pass	punct
6	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 did	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pass	obl
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 wheat	det
11	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 wheat	amod
12	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pass	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 man	cc
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 man	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 man	amod
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wheat	conj
17	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 man	acl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 watching	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 asked	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 asked	cc
21	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 asked	nsubj
22	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 man	det
24	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 man	amod
25	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 asked	obj
26	if	if	SCONJ	_	29 seen	mark
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 seen	nsubj
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 seen	aux
29	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 asked	advcl
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 lad	det
31	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 seen	obj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 pass	cc
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 pass	det
34	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 pass	compound
35	pass	pass	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 lad	conj
36	by	by	ADP	_	38 way	case
37	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	38 way	det
38	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 seen	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 said	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 said	cc
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 said	nsubj
42	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Yes	punct
44	'	'	PUNCT	_	45 Yes	punct
45	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	42 said	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 sown	punct
47	while	while	SCONJ	_	52 sown	mark
48	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	49 wheat	det
49	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 sown	nsubj:pass
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 sown	aux:pass
51	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	52 sown	aux:pass
52	sown	sow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 said	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 sown	punct
54	'	'	PUNCT	_	52 sown	punct
55	but	but	CCONJ	_	60 ripe	cc
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 wheat	det
57	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 ripe	nsubj
58	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 ripe	cop
59	quite	quite	ADV	_	60 ripe	advmod
60	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 sown	conj
61	for	for	ADP	_	63 sickle	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 sickle	det
63	sickle	sickle	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 ripe	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 knew	punct
65	so	so	ADV	_	67 knew	advmod
66	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 knew	nsubj
67	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
68	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 while	nsubj
69	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 while	cop
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 while	det
71	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 while	amod
72	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 knew	ccomp
73	ago	ago	ADV	_	72 while	advmod
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 turned	cc
75	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	conj
76	back	back	ADV	_	75 turned	advmod
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	75 turned	punct
78	"	"	PUNCT	_	75 turned	punct
79	--	--	PUNCT	_	82 didst	punct
80	"	"	PUNCT	_	82 didst	punct
81	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	82 didst	advmod
82	didst	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
83	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	85 tear	nsubj
84	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	82 didst	advmod
85	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	82 didst	ccomp
86	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	88 man	det
87	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 man	amod
88	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 tear	obj
89	and	and	CCONJ	_	91 wheat	cc
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 wheat	det
91	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 man	conj
92	to	to	ADP	_	93 pieces	case
93	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	91 wheat	nmod
94	?	?	PUNCT	_	85 tear	punct
95	"	"	PUNCT	_	85 tear	punct
96	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 didst	conj
97	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 dragon	det
98	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	100 dragon	nsubj
99	-	-	PUNCT	_	100 dragon	punct
100	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 cried	obj
101	;	;	PUNCT	_	105 they	punct
102	"	"	PUNCT	_	105 they	punct
103	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	105 they	nsubj
104	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	105 they	cop
105	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
106	!	!	PUNCT	_	105 they	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	I					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pass	infinitive	I not said here	some standing wheat and a old man		the road	indeed property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme on road=Destination
3	stand	gerund						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	watch	gerund	a old man not said here	wheat				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	ask speech: ask	past	I		the old man			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient
6	see a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	man	a lad and a lass pass			by that way	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lad=Stimulus
7	say speech: assert	past	man					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
8	sow	past · passive		this wheat				vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
9	is	past	the wheat				for the sickle; ripe property	tree rules
10	know	past	I					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
11	is a	past	wheat	a long while			ago property	tree rules
12	turn back	past	I not said here					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
13	not do	past						tree rules
14	tear	infinitive	thou	that old man and the wheat to pieces				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location man=Theme
15	cry speech: express in a quote	past						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
16	dragon in a quote		dragon					tree rules
17	is a	past	wheat	lad				tree rules

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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