Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Story of the Wind, sentence 153

They had not had the sack and the ram very long when they grew very rich, and then the husband said to the wife, "I tell thee what, wife!"--"What?" said she.--"Let us invite my brother to come and see us."--"Very good," she replied; "invite him, but dost thou think he'll come?"--"Why shouldn't he?" asked her husband. "

Who acts: Silence, husband, wife, us, brother · What happens: not have, grow, say, tell, wife, let · To what, where: sack, thee, us, brother, husband, thou · 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 (Silence, husband, wife, us), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 had	advmod
4	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sack	det
6	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ram	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ram	det
9	ram	ram	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sack	conj
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 long	advmod
11	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 grew	advmod
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 grew	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 grew	nsubj
14	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
15	very	very	ADV	_	16 rich	advmod
16	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 grew	xcomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 said	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 said	advmod
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 husband	det
21	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 grew	conj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 wife	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 wife	det
25	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 said	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 wife	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	29 tell	punct
28	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 tell	nsubj
29	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 said	ccomp
30	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	29 tell	iobj
31	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	33 wife	nsubj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 wife	punct
33	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 tell	ccomp
34	!	!	PUNCT	_	33 wife	punct
35	"	"	PUNCT	_	29 tell	punct
36	--	--	PUNCT	_	38 What	punct
37	"	"	PUNCT	_	38 What	punct
38	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	41 said	obj
39	?	?	PUNCT	_	38 What	punct
40	"	"	PUNCT	_	38 What	punct
41	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 said	ccomp
42	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 said	nsubj
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	41 said	punct
44	--	--	PUNCT	_	46 Let	punct
45	"	"	PUNCT	_	46 Let	punct
46	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 said	ccomp
47	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 Let	obj
48	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 Let	xcomp
49	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 brother	nmod:poss
50	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 invite	obj
51	to	to	PART	_	52 come	mark
52	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 invite	xcomp
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 see	cc
54	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 come	conj
55	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 see	obj
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	46 Let	punct
57	"	"	PUNCT	_	46 Let	punct
58	--	--	PUNCT	_	61 good	punct
59	"	"	PUNCT	_	61 good	punct
60	Very	very	ADV	_	61 good	advmod
61	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 said	parataxis
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 replied	punct
63	"	"	PUNCT	_	65 replied	punct
64	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 replied	nsubj
65	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 good	conj
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 invite	punct
67	"	"	PUNCT	_	68 invite	punct
68	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 good	conj
69	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 invite	obj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 dost	punct
71	but	but	CCONJ	_	72 dost	cc
72	dost	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 invite	parataxis
73	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	72 dost	obj
74	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 dost	xcomp
75	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 come	nsubj
76	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 come	aux
77	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	74 think	ccomp
78	?	?	PUNCT	_	61 good	punct
79	"	"	PUNCT	_	61 good	punct
80	--	--	PUNCT	_	88 asked	punct
81	"	"	PUNCT	_	88 asked	punct
82	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	83 should	advmod
83	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	88 asked	parataxis
84	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	83 should	advmod
85	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	88 asked	nsubj
86	?	?	PUNCT	_	85 he	punct
87	"	"	PUNCT	_	85 he	punct
88	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 said	conj
89	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	90 husband	nmod:poss
90	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 asked	obj
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
92	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	not have	past · perfect	Silence	the sack and the ram				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Patient
2	grow	past	Silence				long, rich property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: express	past	the husband			then	to the wife	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to wife=Experiencer clause=Topic
4	tell speech: assert in a quote	present	the husband = husband		thee			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient
5	wife in a quote							tree rules
6	say speech: ask	past	wife					tree rules
7	let in a quote	infinitive		us				tree rules
8	invite in a quote	infinitive	us not said here	my brother				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient clause=Topic
9	come not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	my brother not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	see in a quote	infinitive	my brother not said here	us				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus
11	reply speech: assert	past	wife					vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	invite in a quote	infinitive	wife not said here		husband			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
13	do in a quote	present		thou				tree rules
14	think speech: other in a quote	infinitive						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
15	come in a quote	future	husband					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
16	ask speech: ask	past	husband		wife's husband			vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient clause=Topic

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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