Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Story of the Wind, sentence 90
And if you don't believe me, spread a cloth on the floor and you shall see something, I warrant you."--Then he said, "Little ram, little ram, scatter money!" and the little ram scattered so much money that it seemed to grow, and the Jews screeched like demons.--"O man, man!" cried they, "such a ram as that we have never seen in all our days.
Who acts: you, I, man, Little ram, it, Jews · What happens: not believe, spread, see, warrant, say, scatter · To what, where: me, cloth, floor, something, you, much money · 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 (you, I, man, Little ram), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 spread | cc |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 believe | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 believe | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 believe | advmod |
| 6 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 spread | advcl |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | iobj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 believe | punct |
| 9 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cloth | det |
| 11 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spread | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 floor | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 floor | det |
| 14 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spread | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 see | cc |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 see | nsubj |
| 17 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 see | aux |
| 18 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 spread | conj |
| 19 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 18 see | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 warrant | punct |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 warrant | nsubj |
| 22 | warrant | warrant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 see | parataxis |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 warrant | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 see | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 see | punct |
| 26 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 29 said | punct |
| 27 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 said | advmod |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 said | nsubj |
| 29 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 spread | parataxis |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 ram | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 ram | punct |
| 32 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 ram | amod |
| 33 | ram | ram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 said | ccomp |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 ram | punct |
| 35 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 ram | amod |
| 36 | ram | ram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 ram | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 money | punct |
| 38 | scatter | scat | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 39 money | amod |
| 39 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 ram | appos |
| 40 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 39 money | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 money | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 ram | cc |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 ram | det |
| 44 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 ram | amod |
| 45 | ram | ram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 ram | conj |
| 46 | scattered | scatter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 ram | acl |
| 47 | so | so | ADV | _ | 48 much | advmod |
| 48 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 money | amod |
| 49 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 scattered | obj |
| 50 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 52 seemed | mark |
| 51 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 seemed | nsubj |
| 52 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 money | acl:relcl |
| 53 | to | to | PART | _ | 54 grow | mark |
| 54 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 seemed | xcomp |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 screeched | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 screeched | cc |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Jews | det |
| 58 | Jews | Jew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 59 screeched | nsubj |
| 59 | screeched | screech | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 said | conj |
| 60 | like | like | ADP | _ | 61 demons | case |
| 61 | demons | demon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 screeched | obl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 59 screeched | punct |
| 63 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 66 man | punct |
| 64 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 66 man | punct |
| 65 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 66 man | discourse |
| 66 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 cried | nsubj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 man | punct |
| 68 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 man | appos |
| 69 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 68 man | punct |
| 70 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 68 man | punct |
| 71 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 screeched | conj |
| 72 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 cried | nsubj |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 ram | punct |
| 74 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 77 ram | punct |
| 75 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 77 ram | det:predet |
| 76 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 77 ram | det |
| 77 | ram | ram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 cried | obl |
| 78 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 83 seen | mark |
| 79 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 78 as | fixed |
| 80 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 83 seen | nsubj |
| 81 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 83 seen | aux |
| 82 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 83 seen | advmod |
| 83 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 71 cried | advcl |
| 84 | in | in | ADP | _ | 87 days | case |
| 85 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 87 days | det:predet |
| 86 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 87 days | nmod:poss |
| 87 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 83 seen | obl |
| 88 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 spread | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | you | me | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | spread | past | a cloth | the floor | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | shall | you | something | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | warrant | present | I | you | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | man | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | scatter in a quote | participle | Little ram and little ram and the little ram not said here | much money | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ||||
| 7 | seem in a quote | past | it | much money not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | grow in a quote | to-infinitive | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 9 | screech in a quote | past | the Jews | like demons | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | cry speech: express in a quote | past | man | such ram | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 11 | not see | present · perfect | we | day | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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