Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Magic Egg, sentence 55

So he went to the house, and there they said to him, "Hast thou heard of our poor child with thine ears, or seen him with thine eyes, and hast thou come hither willingly or unwillingly?"--And he answered, "I have come hither willingly!"--Then they asked, "Hast thou smelt out anything of our poor youngster? for it is three years now since he went to the wars, and there's neither sight nor sound of him more!"--And he answered, "Give me the magic egg, and I'll bring him straightway before your eyes!"--Then they replied, "'Twere better we never saw him than that we should give thee the magic egg!"--Then he went back to the eagle and said to him, "They said, ''Twere better we never saw him than that we should give thee the magic egg.'"--Then the eagle answered, "Let us fly on farther!"

Who acts: eagle, bones, thou, child, we, us · What happens: go, say, have, hear, see, come · To what, where: eagle, thou, anything, wars, magic egg, straightway · 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 (eagle, bones, thou, child), 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 said	cc
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 said	expl
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 said	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Hast	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Hast	punct
16	Hast	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 said	parataxis
17	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	18 heard	nsubj
18	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 Hast	ccomp
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 child	case
20	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 child	nmod:poss
21	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 child	amod
22	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 heard	obl
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 ears	case
24	thine	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	25 ears	nmod:poss
25	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 child	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 seen	punct
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 seen	cc
28	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 heard	conj
29	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 seen	obj
30	with	with	ADP	_	32 eyes	case
31	thine	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	32 eyes	nmod:poss
32	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 seen	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 hast	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 hast	cc
35	hast	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 Hast	conj
36	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	35 hast	obj
37	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 hast	xcomp
38	hither	hither	ADV	_	37 come	advmod
39	willingly	willingly	ADV	_	37 come	advmod
40	or	or	CCONJ	_	41 unwillingly	cc
41	unwillingly	unwillingly	ADV	_	39 willingly	conj
42	?	?	PUNCT	_	37 come	punct
43	"	"	PUNCT	_	35 hast	punct
44	--	--	PUNCT	_	47 answered	punct
45	And	and	CCONJ	_	47 answered	cc
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 answered	nsubj
47	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 come	punct
49	"	"	PUNCT	_	52 come	punct
50	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 come	nsubj
51	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 come	aux
52	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	47 answered	ccomp
53	hither	hither	ADV	_	54 willingly	advmod
54	willingly	willingly	ADV	_	52 come	advmod
55	!	!	PUNCT	_	52 come	punct
56	"	"	PUNCT	_	47 answered	punct
57	--	--	PUNCT	_	60 asked	punct
58	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	60 asked	advmod
59	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 asked	nsubj
60	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 Hast	punct
62	"	"	PUNCT	_	63 Hast	punct
63	Hast	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 asked	conj
64	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	63 Hast	obj
65	smelt	smelt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 Hast	xcomp
66	out	out	ADP	_	65 smelt	compound:prt
67	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	65 smelt	obj
68	of	of	ADP	_	71 youngster	case
69	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 youngster	nmod:poss
70	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 youngster	amod
71	youngster	youngster	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 anything	nmod
72	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
73	for	for	ADP	_	77 years	case
74	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 years	nsubj
75	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	77 years	cop
76	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	77 years	nummod
77	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 went	obl
78	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	81 went	advmod
79	since	since	SCONJ	_	81 went	mark
80	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 went	nsubj
81	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	advcl
82	to	to	ADP	_	84 wars	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 wars	det
84	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 went	obl
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 's	punct
86	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 's	cc
87	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	88 's	expl
88	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	95 more	cop
89	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	90 sight	det
90	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 's	nsubj
91	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	92 sound	cc
92	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 sight	conj
93	of	of	ADP	_	94 him	case
94	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 sound	nmod
95	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 went	advmod
96	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
97	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
98	--	--	PUNCT	_	101 answered	punct
99	And	and	CCONJ	_	101 answered	cc
100	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	101 answered	nsubj
101	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
102	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 Give	punct
103	"	"	PUNCT	_	104 Give	punct
104	Give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	101 answered	ccomp
105	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	104 Give	iobj
106	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	108 egg	det
107	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 egg	compound
108	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 Give	obj
109	,	,	PUNCT	_	113 bring	punct
110	and	and	CCONJ	_	113 bring	cc
111	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	113 bring	nsubj
112	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	113 bring	aux
113	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 went	parataxis
114	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	113 bring	obj
115	straightway	straightway	NOUN	Number=Sing	113 bring	obj
116	before	before	ADP	_	118 eyes	case
117	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	118 eyes	nmod:poss
118	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	113 bring	obl
119	!	!	PUNCT	_	113 bring	punct
120	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
121	--	--	PUNCT	_	124 replied	punct
122	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	124 replied	advmod
123	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	124 replied	nsubj
124	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
125	,	,	PUNCT	_	129 better	punct
126	"	"	PUNCT	_	129 better	punct
127	'	'	PUNCT	_	129 better	punct
128	Twere	twere	ADV	_	129 better	advmod
129	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	124 replied	parataxis
130	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	132 saw	nsubj
131	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	132 saw	advmod
132	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	129 better	advcl
133	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	132 saw	obj
134	than	than	SCONJ	_	138 give	mark
135	that	that	SCONJ	_	138 give	mark
136	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	138 give	nsubj
137	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	138 give	aux
138	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	132 saw	ccomp
139	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	138 give	iobj
140	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	142 egg	det
141	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	142 egg	amod
142	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	138 give	obj
143	!	!	PUNCT	_	129 better	punct
144	"	"	PUNCT	_	129 better	punct
145	--	--	PUNCT	_	148 went	punct
146	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	148 went	advmod
147	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	148 went	nsubj
148	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
149	back	back	ADV	_	148 went	advmod
150	to	to	ADP	_	152 eagle	case
151	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	152 eagle	det
152	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	148 went	obl
153	and	and	CCONJ	_	154 said	cc
154	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
155	to	to	ADP	_	156 him	case
156	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	154 said	obl
157	,	,	PUNCT	_	160 said	punct
158	"	"	PUNCT	_	160 said	punct
159	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	160 said	nsubj
160	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
161	,	,	PUNCT	_	164 better	punct
162	''	''	PUNCT	_	164 better	punct
163	Twere	twere	ADV	_	164 better	advmod
164	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	167 saw	advmod
165	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	167 saw	nsubj
166	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	167 saw	advmod
167	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	160 said	ccomp
168	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	167 saw	obj
169	than	than	SCONJ	_	173 give	mark
170	that	that	SCONJ	_	173 give	mark
171	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	173 give	nsubj
172	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	173 give	aux
173	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	167 saw	ccomp
174	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	173 give	iobj
175	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	177 egg	det
176	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	177 egg	amod
177	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	173 give	obj
178	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
179	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
180	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
181	--	--	PUNCT	_	185 answered	punct
182	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	185 answered	advmod
183	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	184 eagle	det
184	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	185 answered	nsubj
185	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
186	,	,	PUNCT	_	188 Let	punct
187	"	"	PUNCT	_	188 Let	punct
188	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	185 answered	ccomp
189	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	188 Let	obj
190	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	188 Let	xcomp
191	on	on	ADP	_	192 farther	case
192	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	190 fly	obl
193	!	!	PUNCT	_	188 Let	punct
194	"	"	PUNCT	_	188 Let	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	eagle					to the house	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: ask	past	bones = bone		eagle	there			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	have in a quote	present							tree rules
4	hear in a quote	past	thou					of our poor child with thine ears	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of child=Stimulus
5	see in a quote	participle	thou not said here	eagle				with thine eyes	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
6	have in a quote	present		thou					tree rules
7	come in a quote	infinitive	thou not said here					hither, willingly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	answer speech: express	past	eagle						tree rules
9	come in a quote	present · perfect	eagle					willingly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	ask speech: ask	past	bones = bone				then		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	have in a quote	present	bones = bone not said here	thou					tree rules
12	smelt out in a quote	infinitive	thou not said here	anything					tree rules
13	is in a quote	present	child				for three years		tree rules
14	go in a quote	past	eagle			the wars	now		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial_Location
15	is in a quote	present						more property	tree rules
16	answer speech: express	past	eagle						tree rules
17	give in a quote	infinitive		the magic egg	eagle				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient egg=Theme
18	bring in a quote	future	eagle	straightway	eagle		before your eyes		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination straightway=Theme
19	reply speech: express	past	bones = bone				then		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
20	not see in a quote	past	we	eagle					tree rules
21	give in a quote	should	we	the magic egg	thee				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient egg=Theme
22	go back	past	eagle				then	to the eagle result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to eagle=Result
23	say speech: assert	past	eagle not said here		eagle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
24	say speech: assert in a quote	past	bones = bone						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
25	not see	past	we	eagle					tree rules
26	give	should	we	the magic egg	thee				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient egg=Theme
27	answer speech: assert in a quote	past	the eagle				then		tree rules
28	let	infinitive		us					tree rules
29	fly	infinitive	us not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on far=Location

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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