Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Voices At the Window, part 1, sentence 48
Then he went on, "About the second cockcrow something else came to the window and said the selfsame thing, and prophesied, 'He shall come upon a spring by the roadside, a spring of pure water, and he shall long to drink thereof, and the moment he tastes of it he shall burst; and whoever hears and tells him of this thing shall become stone right up to the girdle.'"
Who acts: horse, something, moment, whoever, thing · What happens: go on, come, say, prophesy, drink, taste · To what, where: window, selfsame thing, horse, stone · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Voices At the Window, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (horse, something, moment, whoever), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 came | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 came | punct |
| 7 | About | about | ADP | _ | 11 something | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cockcrow | det |
| 9 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 cockcrow | amod |
| 10 | cockcrow | cockcrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 something | nsubj |
| 11 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 came | nsubj |
| 12 | else | else | ADV | _ | 11 something | advmod |
| 13 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 window | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 window | det |
| 16 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 came | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 said | cc |
| 18 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 thing | det |
| 20 | selfsame | selfsame | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 thing | amod |
| 21 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 said | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 prophesied | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 prophesied | cc |
| 24 | prophesied | prophesy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 come | punct |
| 26 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 29 come | punct |
| 27 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 come | nsubj |
| 28 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 come | aux |
| 29 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 prophesied | conj |
| 30 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 32 spring | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 spring | det |
| 32 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 come | obl |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 roadside | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 roadside | det |
| 35 | roadside | roadside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 come | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 spring | punct |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 spring | det |
| 38 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 roadside | appos |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 water | case |
| 40 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 water | amod |
| 41 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 spring | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 drink | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 drink | cc |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 drink | nsubj |
| 45 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 drink | aux |
| 46 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 48 drink | advmod |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 drink | mark |
| 48 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 went | conj |
| 49 | thereof | thereof | ADV | _ | 48 drink | advmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 tastes | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 tastes | cc |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 moment | det |
| 53 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 tastes | nsubj |
| 54 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 tastes | nsubj |
| 55 | tastes | taste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 it | case |
| 57 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 tastes | obl |
| 58 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 burst | nsubj |
| 59 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 burst | aux |
| 60 | burst | burst | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 tastes | ccomp |
| 61 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 64 hears | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 hears | cc |
| 63 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 hears | nsubj |
| 64 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 tells | cc |
| 66 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 64 hears | conj |
| 67 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 tells | iobj |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 thing | case |
| 69 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 70 thing | det |
| 70 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 become | nsubj |
| 71 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 72 become | aux |
| 72 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 tells | ccomp |
| 73 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 become | xcomp |
| 74 | right | right | ADV | _ | 78 girdle | advmod |
| 75 | up | up | ADP | _ | 78 girdle | case |
| 76 | to | to | ADP | _ | 78 girdle | case |
| 77 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 girdle | det |
| 78 | girdle | girdle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 become | xcomp |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 80 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 81 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | past | horse | then | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come in a quote | past | something | the window | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to window=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | horse not said here | the selfsame thing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | ||||
| 4 | prophesy in a quote | past | horse not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | come in a quote | shall | horse | spring | by the roadside | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by roadside=Location | |||
| 6 | drink in a quote | shall | horse | long, thereof property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | taste in a quote | present | the moment | of thing | vn see-30.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | burst in a quote | shall | horse | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | hear in a quote | present | whoever | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 10 | tell speech: assert in a quote | present | whoever not said here | horse | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 11 | become in a quote | shall | this thing | stone | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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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