Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Story of the Wind, sentence 106

I say."--"Silence, wife," replied the husband; "that ram is not like other rams, I tell thee."--"What sort is it, then?" asked his wife.--"Don't ask questions, but spread a cloth on the floor and keep thine eyes open."--"Why spread a cloth?" asked the wife.--"Why?" shrieked the man in a rage; "do what I tell thee, and hold thy tongue."--But the wife said, "Alas, alas!

Who acts: I, Silence, ram, other rams, questions, wife · What happens: say, reply, not be, tell, be, ask · To what, where: husband, thee, nonsense, wife, cloth, floor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Silence, ram, other rams), 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 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
5	--	--	PUNCT	_	7 Silence	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Silence	punct
7	Silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 replied	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wife	punct
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Silence	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Silence	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Silence	punct
12	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 husband	det
14	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 replied	obj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 tell	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 rams	punct
17	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 ram	det
18	ram	ram	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 rams	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 rams	cop
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 rams	advmod
21	like	like	ADP	_	23 rams	case
22	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 rams	amod
23	rams	ram	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 tell	nsubj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 rams	punct
25	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 tell	nsubj
26	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	parataxis
27	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	26 tell	iobj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 tell	punct
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 tell	punct
30	--	--	PUNCT	_	35 it	punct
31	"	"	PUNCT	_	35 it	punct
32	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	35 it	nsubj
33	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 it	nsubj
34	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 it	cop
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 tell	ccomp
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 asked	punct
37	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	40 asked	advmod
38	?	?	PUNCT	_	37 then	punct
39	"	"	PUNCT	_	40 asked	punct
40	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	conj
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 wife	nmod:poss
42	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 asked	obj
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
44	--	--	PUNCT	_	48 ask	punct
45	"	"	PUNCT	_	48 ask	punct
46	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	48 ask	aux
47	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	48 ask	advmod
48	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 say	parataxis
49	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 ask	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 spread	punct
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	52 spread	cc
52	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 ask	conj
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 cloth	det
54	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 spread	obj
55	on	on	ADP	_	57 floor	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 floor	det
57	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 spread	obl
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 keep	cc
59	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	48 ask	conj
60	thine	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	61 eyes	nmod:poss
61	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 keep	obj
62	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 keep	xcomp
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
65	--	--	PUNCT	_	68 spread	punct
66	"	"	PUNCT	_	68 spread	punct
67	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	68 spread	advmod
68	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	parataxis
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 cloth	det
70	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 spread	obj
71	?	?	PUNCT	_	68 spread	punct
72	"	"	PUNCT	_	68 spread	punct
73	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 spread	conj
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 wife	det
75	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 asked	obj
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
77	--	--	PUNCT	_	79 Why	punct
78	"	"	PUNCT	_	79 Why	punct
79	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	82 shrieked	advmod
80	?	?	PUNCT	_	79 Why	punct
81	"	"	PUNCT	_	79 Why	punct
82	shrieked	shriek	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 man	det
84	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 shrieked	obj
85	in	in	ADP	_	87 rage	case
86	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	87 rage	det
87	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 man	nmod
88	;	;	PUNCT	_	90 do	punct
89	"	"	PUNCT	_	90 do	punct
90	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	82 shrieked	conj
91	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	90 do	obj
92	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	93 tell	nsubj
93	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	91 what	acl:relcl
94	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	93 tell	iobj
95	,	,	PUNCT	_	97 hold	punct
96	and	and	CCONJ	_	97 hold	cc
97	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	82 shrieked	parataxis
98	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	99 tongue	nmod:poss
99	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 hold	obj
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	97 hold	punct
101	"	"	PUNCT	_	97 hold	punct
102	--	--	PUNCT	_	106 said	punct
103	But	but	CCONJ	_	106 said	cc
104	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	105 wife	det
105	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 said	nsubj
106	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	conj
107	,	,	PUNCT	_	109 Alas	punct
108	"	"	PUNCT	_	109 Alas	punct
109	Alas	alas	INTJ	_	106 said	ccomp
110	,	,	PUNCT	_	109 Alas	punct
111	alas	alas	INTJ	_	109 Alas	discourse
112	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	I						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	reply speech: assert in a quote	past	Silence and wife	the husband					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent husband=Topic
3	not is	present	that ram					like other rams	tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	present	other rams		thee				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient
5	is a	present		nonsense					tree rules
6	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	I not said here		husband's wife		then		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient
7	not ask speech: ask	infinitive · do-support	questions						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	spread	past	questions not said here	a cloth		the floor			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme on floor=Destination
9	keep	infinitive	questions not said here	thine eyes				open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
10	spread	past		a cloth					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cloth=Theme
11	ask speech: ask in a quote	past			the wife				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient
12	shriek in a quote	past		the man		a rage			tree rules
13	do	infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
14	tell speech: assert	present	I		thee				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient
15	hold	infinitive		thy tongue					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme
16	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the wife						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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