Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Voices At the Window, part 2, sentence 58

My brother has a handkerchief which becomes a bridge when he waves it behind him."--And the serpent said to her, "I tell thee what, ask him for this handkerchief; say thou dost want to wash it, and take and wave it, and I'll then be able to cross over to thee and live with thee, and we'll poison thy brother."--Then she went home and said to her brother, "Give me that handkerchief, dear little brother; it is dirty, so I'll wash and give it back to thee."

Who acts: brother, handkerchief, serpent, I, we, sister · What happens: have, become, wave, say, tell, ask · To what, where: handkerchief, bridge, sister, thee, serpent, thou · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Voices At the Window, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, handkerchief, serpent, I), 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	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 handkerchief	det
5	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 becomes	nsubj
7	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 handkerchief	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bridge	det
9	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 becomes	xcomp
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 waves	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 waves	nsubj
12	waves	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 becomes	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 waves	obj
14	behind	behind	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 waves	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct
18	--	--	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
19	And	and	CCONJ	_	22 said	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 serpent	det
21	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 has	parataxis
23	to	to	ADP	_	24 her	case
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 said	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 tell	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	28 tell	punct
27	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	28 tell	nsubj
28	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 said	ccomp
29	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	28 tell	iobj
30	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	32 ask	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 ask	punct
32	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	28 tell	ccomp
33	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 ask	obj
34	for	for	ADP	_	36 handkerchief	case
35	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	36 handkerchief	det
36	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 ask	obl
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 say	punct
38	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 has	parataxis
39	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	38 say	obj
40	dost	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 want	reparandum
41	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 say	ccomp
42	to	to	PART	_	43 wash	mark
43	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 want	xcomp
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 wash	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 take	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 take	cc
47	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	38 say	conj
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 wave	cc
49	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	47 take	conj
50	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 wave	obj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 able	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 able	cc
53	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 able	nsubj
54	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 able	aux
55	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	57 able	advmod
56	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	57 able	cop
57	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 take	advcl
58	to	to	PART	_	59 cross	mark
59	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 able	xcomp
60	over	over	ADV	_	59 cross	advmod
61	to	to	ADP	_	62 thee	case
62	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	59 cross	obl
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 live	cc
64	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 cross	conj
65	with	with	ADP	_	66 thee	case
66	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	64 live	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 poison	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 poison	cc
69	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	71 poison	nsubj
70	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	71 poison	aux
71	poison	poison	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 say	conj
72	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	73 brother	nmod:poss
73	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 poison	obj
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	71 poison	punct
75	"	"	PUNCT	_	71 poison	punct
76	--	--	PUNCT	_	79 went	punct
77	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	79 went	advmod
78	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 went	nsubj
79	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 poison	parataxis
80	home	home	ADV	_	79 went	advmod
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 said	cc
82	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 went	conj
83	to	to	ADP	_	85 brother	case
84	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	85 brother	nmod:poss
85	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 said	obl
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 Give	punct
87	"	"	PUNCT	_	88 Give	punct
88	Give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	82 said	conj
89	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	88 Give	iobj
90	that	that	SCONJ	_	91 handkerchief	mark
91	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 Give	obj
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 brother	punct
93	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	95 brother	amod
94	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	95 brother	amod
95	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 handkerchief	conj
96	;	;	PUNCT	_	99 dirty	punct
97	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 dirty	nsubj
98	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	99 dirty	cop
99	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 has	conj
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 wash	punct
101	so	so	ADV	_	104 wash	advmod
102	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	104 wash	nsubj
103	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	104 wash	aux
104	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	99 dirty	parataxis
105	and	and	CCONJ	_	106 give	cc
106	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	104 wash	conj
107	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	106 give	obj
108	back	back	ADV	_	106 give	advmod
109	to	to	ADP	_	110 thee	case
110	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	106 give	obl
111	.	.	PUNCT	_	104 wash	punct
112	"	"	PUNCT	_	104 wash	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	My brother	a handkerchief					tree rules
2	become	present	a handkerchief	a bridge					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	wave	present	brother	handkerchief				behind serpent	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the serpent		sister				vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to she=Experiencer clause=Topic
5	tell speech: assert	present	I		thee				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient clause=Topic
6	ask speech: ask	infinitive			serpent			for this handkerchief	tree rules
7	say speech: assert	infinitive		thou					tree rules
8	want	present							vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
9	wash not said to happen	to-infinitive		handkerchief					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
10	take	infinitive							vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11	wave	infinitive		handkerchief					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
12	is	future	I				then	able property	tree rules
13	cross over	to-infinitive	I not said here			thee		over property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to thou=Initial_Location
14	live	infinitive	I not said here					with thee	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with thou=Location
15	poison	future	we	thy brother					tree rules
16	go in a quote	past	sister				then	home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
17	say speech: assert in a quote	past	sister not said here		sister's brother				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient
18	give	infinitive	sister not said here	handkerchief and dear little brother	me				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient handkerchief=Theme
19	is	present	handkerchief					dirty property	tree rules
20	wash	future	I						vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
21	give back	infinitive	I not said here	handkerchief	thee				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to thou=Recipient

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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