Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Story of the Wind, sentence 160
I have come hither to invite thee to us, thee and thy wife."--"Wherefore?" asked the rich brother.--The poor man said, "My wife prays thee, and I pray thee also, to come and dine with us of thy courtesy."--"Good!" replied the rich brother, smiling secretly. "
Who acts: I, thee, poor man, wife · What happens: come, invite, ask, say, pray, dine · To what, where: thee, us, rich brother · 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, thee, poor man, wife), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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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 | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 invite | mark |
| 6 | invite | invite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 come | advcl |
| 7 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 6 invite | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 us | case |
| 9 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 invite | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 thee | punct |
| 11 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 asked | nsubj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 wife | cc |
| 13 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 14 wife | nmod:poss |
| 14 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 thee | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 wife | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 wife | punct |
| 17 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 14 wife | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 Wherefore | punct |
| 19 | Wherefore | wherefore | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 thee | advmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 19 Wherefore | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 Wherefore | punct |
| 22 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 invite | advcl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 brother | det |
| 24 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 brother | amod |
| 25 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 asked | iobj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 31 said | punct |
| 28 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 man | det |
| 29 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 man | amod |
| 30 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 said | nsubj |
| 31 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | parataxis |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 prays | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 prays | punct |
| 34 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 wife | nmod:poss |
| 35 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 prays | nsubj |
| 36 | prays | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 come | advcl |
| 37 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 36 prays | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 pray | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 pray | cc |
| 40 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 pray | nsubj |
| 41 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 prays | conj |
| 42 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 41 pray | obj |
| 43 | also | also | ADV | _ | 41 pray | advmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 come | punct |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 come | mark |
| 46 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 said | ccomp |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 dine | cc |
| 48 | dine | dine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 come | conj |
| 49 | with | with | ADP | _ | 50 us | case |
| 50 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 dine | obl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 courtesy | case |
| 52 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 53 courtesy | nmod:poss |
| 53 | courtesy | courtesy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 dine | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 46 come | punct |
| 55 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 come | punct |
| 56 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 61 replied | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 Good | punct |
| 58 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 replied | ccomp |
| 59 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 58 Good | punct |
| 60 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 Good | punct |
| 61 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 said | conj |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 brother | det |
| 63 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 brother | amod |
| 64 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 replied | obj |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 smiling | punct |
| 66 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 61 replied | advcl |
| 67 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 66 smiling | advmod |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| 69 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · perfect | I | hither property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | invite | to-infinitive | I not said here | thee | us | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | |||
| 3 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | thee | the rich brother | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | the poor man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | pray | present | My wife | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | pray | present | I | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | come | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 8 | dine | infinitive | with us; of thy courtesy | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | reply speech: assert in a quote | past | the poor man not said here | the rich brother | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent brother=Topic | ||||
| 10 | smile in a quote | gerund | the poor man not said here | secretly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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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