Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Story of the Wind, sentence 122
What sack?" said the Jews; "why, thou didst take them away from here thyself."--"Yes, but you changed them," said the man.--"What dost thou mean by changed?" whined the Jews; "we will go before the magistrate, and thou shalt hear from us about this."--"You will have an evil time of it if you go before the magistrate," said the man; "but at any rate, give me back my own."
Who acts: sack, thou, you, man, we · What happens: say, do, take away, change, mean, whine · To what, where: Jews, sack, thou, magistrate, own, me · 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 (sack, thou, you, man), 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 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 sack | det |
| 2 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 sack | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 sack | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Jews | det |
| 7 | Jews | Jew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 said | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 why | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 why | punct |
| 10 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 said | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 didst | punct |
| 12 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 didst | nsubj |
| 13 | didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 said | ccomp |
| 14 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 didst | ccomp |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 take | obj |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 14 take | advmod |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 here | case |
| 18 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 take | advmod |
| 19 | thyself | thyself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch | 18 here | nsubj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 take | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 didst | punct |
| 22 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 28 changed | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 changed | punct |
| 24 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 28 changed | discourse |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 changed | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 changed | cc |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 changed | nsubj |
| 28 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 said | ccomp |
| 29 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 changed | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 changed | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 changed | punct |
| 32 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | parataxis |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 man | det |
| 34 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 said | nsubj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 36 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 39 dost | punct |
| 37 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 dost | punct |
| 38 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 39 dost | obj |
| 39 | dost | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 mean | advcl |
| 40 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 39 dost | obj |
| 41 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 42 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 43 changed | mark |
| 43 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 whined | advcl |
| 44 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 43 changed | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 changed | punct |
| 46 | whined | whine | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 mean | ccomp |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Jews | det |
| 48 | Jews | Jew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 46 whined | obj |
| 49 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 go | punct |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 53 go | punct |
| 51 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 53 go | nsubj |
| 52 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 go | aux |
| 53 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 mean | conj |
| 54 | before | before | ADP | _ | 56 magistrate | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 magistrate | det |
| 56 | magistrate | magistrate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 go | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 hear | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 hear | cc |
| 59 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 61 hear | nsubj |
| 60 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 61 hear | aux |
| 61 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | parataxis |
| 62 | from | from | ADP | _ | 63 us | case |
| 63 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 61 hear | obl |
| 64 | about | about | ADP | _ | 65 this | case |
| 65 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 61 hear | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 67 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 68 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 72 have | punct |
| 69 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 72 have | punct |
| 70 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 72 have | nsubj |
| 71 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 72 have | aux |
| 72 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 73 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 75 time | det |
| 74 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 time | amod |
| 75 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 have | obj |
| 76 | of | of | ADP | _ | 77 it | case |
| 77 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 75 time | nmod |
| 78 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 80 go | mark |
| 79 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 80 go | nsubj |
| 80 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 72 have | advcl |
| 81 | before | before | ADP | _ | 83 magistrate | case |
| 82 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 83 magistrate | det |
| 83 | magistrate | magistrate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 go | obl |
| 84 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 go | punct |
| 85 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 72 have | punct |
| 86 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | conj |
| 87 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 88 man | det |
| 88 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 86 said | nsubj |
| 89 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 90 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 91 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 96 give | cc |
| 92 | at | at | ADP | _ | 94 rate | case |
| 93 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 94 rate | det |
| 94 | rate | rate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 96 give | obl |
| 95 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 94 rate | punct |
| 96 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | conj |
| 97 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 96 give | iobj |
| 98 | back | back | ADP | _ | 96 give | compound:prt |
| 99 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 100 own | nmod:poss |
| 100 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 96 give | obj |
| 101 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 96 give | punct |
| 102 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 96 give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | what sack | the Jews | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | past | thou | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | take away | infinitive | thou not said here | sack | away property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 4 | change | past | you | sack | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | the man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | do | present | thou | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | mean | infinitive | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 8 | change | participle | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | whine in a quote | past | the Jews | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jew=Theme | |||||
| 10 | go | future | we | the magistrate | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before magistrate=Location | ||||
| 11 | hear | shall | thou | from us; about this | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.source»: agent=Agent from we=Source about this=Theme | ||||
| 12 | have | future | You | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 13 | go a condition, not said to happen | present | you | the magistrate | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before magistrate=Location | ||||
| 14 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | the man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 15 | give back | infinitive | what sack not said here | my own | me | any rate | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient own=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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