Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Voices At the Window, part 3, sentence 31

But he, poor thing, kept ladling himself, and cried, "Oh, my dear brother-in-law, pray let me climb up to the top of that whitethorn-tree; let me have a look out from the top of it, for thence one can see afar!"--"Don't let him, dear!" said the sister to the serpent; "he will stay there too long and lose our precious time."--But the serpent replied, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter; let him climb up if he likes."

Who acts: Tsar, one, sister, serpent, It · What happens: keep, ladle, cry, pray, let, climb up · To what, where: Tsar, top, look, afar, serpent · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Voices At the Window, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsar, one, sister, serpent), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kept	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 he	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 said	advcl
8	ladling	ladle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 kept	xcomp
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 ladling	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cried	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cried	cc
12	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 pray	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 pray	punct
15	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	25 pray	discourse
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Oh	punct
17	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 brother	nmod:poss
18	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 brother	amod
19	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Oh	vocative
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 law	punct
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 law	case
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 in	punct
23	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 brother	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Oh	punct
25	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	12 cried	conj
26	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 pray	ccomp
27	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 let	obj
28	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 let	xcomp
29	up	up	ADP	_	28 climb	compound:prt
30	to	to	ADP	_	32 top	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 top	det
32	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 climb	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	37 tree	case
34	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	37 tree	det
35	whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 tree	compound
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	35 whitethorn	punct
37	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 top	nmod
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 let	punct
39	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	parataxis
40	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 let	obj
41	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 let	xcomp
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 look	det
43	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 have	obj
44	out	out	ADP	_	41 have	compound:prt
45	from	from	ADP	_	47 top	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 top	det
47	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 have	obl
48	of	of	ADP	_	49 it	case
49	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 top	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 see	punct
51	for	for	SCONJ	_	55 see	mark
52	thence	thence	ADV	_	55 see	advmod
53	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 see	nsubj
54	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 see	aux
55	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 let	conj
56	afar	afar	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 see	obj
57	!	!	PUNCT	_	55 see	punct
58	"	"	PUNCT	_	39 let	punct
59	--	--	PUNCT	_	63 let	punct
60	"	"	PUNCT	_	63 let	punct
61	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	63 let	aux
62	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	63 let	advmod
63	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 kept	ccomp
64	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 let	obj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 dear	punct
66	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 let	parataxis
67	!	!	PUNCT	_	63 let	punct
68	"	"	PUNCT	_	63 let	punct
69	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 sister	det
71	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 said	nsubj
72	to	to	ADP	_	74 serpent	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 serpent	det
74	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 said	obl
75	;	;	PUNCT	_	79 stay	punct
76	"	"	PUNCT	_	79 stay	punct
77	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 stay	nsubj
78	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	79 stay	aux
79	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 said	parataxis
80	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	79 stay	advmod
81	too	too	ADV	_	82 long	advmod
82	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	79 stay	advmod
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 lose	cc
84	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	79 stay	conj
85	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	87 time	nmod:poss
86	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 time	amod
87	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 lose	obj
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	84 lose	punct
89	"	"	PUNCT	_	84 lose	punct
90	--	--	PUNCT	_	94 replied	punct
91	But	but	CCONJ	_	94 replied	cc
92	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	93 serpent	det
93	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 replied	nsubj
94	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 said	parataxis
95	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 matter	punct
96	"	"	PUNCT	_	100 matter	punct
97	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	100 matter	nsubj
98	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	100 matter	aux
99	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	100 matter	advmod
100	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	94 replied	parataxis
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	105 matter	punct
102	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	105 matter	nsubj
103	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	105 matter	aux
104	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	105 matter	advmod
105	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	100 matter	advcl
106	;	;	PUNCT	_	107 let	punct
107	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 said	ccomp
108	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	107 let	obj
109	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	107 let	xcomp
110	up	up	ADP	_	109 climb	compound:prt
111	if	if	SCONJ	_	113 likes	mark
112	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	113 likes	nsubj
113	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	109 climb	advcl
114	.	.	PUNCT	_	107 let	punct
115	"	"	PUNCT	_	107 let	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Tsar						tree rules
2	ladle	gerund	Tsar not said here	Tsar					vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
3	cry speech: express	past	Tsar not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	pray in a quote	present	Tsar not said here						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	let in a quote	infinitive	Tsar not said here	Tsar					tree rules
6	climb up in a quote	infinitive	Tsar not said here			the top of that whitethorn tree			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination
7	let in a quote	infinitive		Tsar					tree rules
8	have out in a quote	infinitive	Tsar not said here	a look		the top of thing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient
9	see in a quote	can	one	afar				thence property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer afar=Stimulus
10	not let in a quote	infinitive · do-support	Tsar not said here	Tsar					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
11	say speech: assert	past	the sister		the serpent				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to serpent=Recipient clause=Topic
12	stay in a quote	future	Tsar			there		long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	lose in a quote	present	Tsar not said here				time		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
14	reply speech: assert	past	the serpent						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
15	not matter in a quote	present · do-support	It						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
16	not matter in a quote	present · do-support	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
17	let in a quote	infinitive		Tsar					tree rules
18	climb up in a quote	infinitive	Tsar not said here						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
19	like a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	Tsar						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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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