Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Magic Egg, sentence 126

When he got home, he said to the she-dragon, his wife, "I met a black monk who serves in a monastery, and I asked him about them, and he told me that a lad and a lass had run past that way when the monastery was being built, but that was not yesterday, for the monastery is a hundred years old at the very least."--"Why didst thou not tear the black monk to pieces and pull down the monastery? for 'twas they.

Who acts: monk, black monk, that, thou · What happens: get, say, meet, serve, ask, tell · To what, where: dragon, black monk, monk, lad, way, monastery · 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 (monk, black monk, that, thou), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 got	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	advcl
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 got	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 dragon	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dragon	det
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dragon	nsubj
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 dragon	punct
12	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wife	punct
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 wife	nmod:poss
15	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dragon	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 met	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 met	punct
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 met	nsubj
19	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	parataxis
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 monk	det
21	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 monk	amod
22	monk	monk	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 met	obj
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 serves	nsubj
24	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 monk	acl:relcl
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 monastery	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 monastery	det
27	monastery	monastery	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 serves	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 asked	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 asked	cc
30	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 asked	nsubj
31	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 met	conj
32	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 asked	iobj
33	about	about	ADP	_	34 them	case
34	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 asked	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 told	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 told	cc
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 told	nsubj
38	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	conj
39	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 told	iobj
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	47 run	mark
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 lad	det
42	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 run	nsubj:pass
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 lass	cc
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 lass	det
45	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 lad	conj
46	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 run	aux
47	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 told	ccomp
48	past	past	ADP	_	50 way	case
49	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	50 way	det
50	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 run	obl
51	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	56 built	advmod
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 monastery	det
53	monastery	monastery	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 built	nsubj:pass
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 built	aux:pass
55	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	56 built	aux:pass
56	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 run	advcl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 yesterday	punct
58	but	but	CCONJ	_	62 yesterday	cc
59	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	62 yesterday	nsubj
60	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 yesterday	cop
61	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	62 yesterday	advmod
62	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 told	parataxis
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 old	punct
64	for	for	ADP	_	66 monastery	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 monastery	det
66	monastery	monastery	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 old	obl
67	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	71 old	cop
68	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 years	det
69	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	70 years	nummod
70	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 old	obl:unmarked
71	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 told	ccomp
72	at	at	ADP	_	75 least	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 least	det
74	very	very	ADV	_	75 least	advmod
75	least	least	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 old	obl
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	71 old	punct
77	"	"	PUNCT	_	71 old	punct
78	--	--	PUNCT	_	81 didst	punct
79	"	"	PUNCT	_	81 didst	punct
80	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	81 didst	advmod
81	didst	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 told	conj
82	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	84 tear	nsubj
83	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	81 didst	advmod
84	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	81 didst	ccomp
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 monk	det
86	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 monk	amod
87	monk	monk	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 tear	obj
88	to	to	ADP	_	89 pieces	case
89	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	84 tear	obl
90	and	and	CCONJ	_	91 pull	cc
91	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	84 tear	conj
92	down	down	ADP	_	91 pull	compound:prt
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 monastery	det
94	monastery	monastery	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 pull	obj
95	?	?	PUNCT	_	38 told	punct
96	for	for	ADP	_	98 twas	case
97	'	'	PUNCT	_	98 twas	punct
98	twas	twa	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 told	obl
99	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 told	nsubj
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	monk					home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	monk		the dragon and monk's wife				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to dragon=Recipient clause=Topic
3	meet in a quote	past	monk	a black monk					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monk=Co-Agent
4	serve in a quote	present	a black monk					in a monastery	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent in monastery=Attribute
5	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	monk		monk			about lad	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about they=Topic
6	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	monk		monk			for twas	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
7	run in a quote	past · perfect · passive		a lad and a lass		that way			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme past way=Trajectory
8	build in a quote	past · passive		the monastery					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
9	not is a in a quote	past	that	yesterday					tree rules
10	is in a quote	present				the least	year	for the monastery; old property	tree rules
11	not do in a quote	past	monk not said here						tree rules
12	tear in a quote	infinitive	thou	the black monk				to pieces result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent monk=Patient to piece=Result
13	pull down in a quote	present	thou not said here	the monastery					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monastery=Theme

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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