Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Voices At the Window, part 3, sentence 82
So the hare ran to fetch this water and this apple, and he ran and ran till he came to a certain land, and in this land the hare saw a spring, and close to the spring grew an apple-tree with the apples of youth, and this spring and this apple-tree were guarded by a Muscovite, oh! so strong, so strong, and he waved his sabre again and again so that not even a mouse could make its way up to that well.
Who acts: hare, spring, Muscovite, mouse · What happens: run, fetch, come, see, grow, guard · To what, where: water, certain land, land, apple tree, spring, sabre
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 (hare, spring, Muscovite, mouse), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 ran | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hare | det |
| 3 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 fetch | mark |
| 6 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ran | xcomp |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 water | det |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fetch | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 apple | cc |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 apple | det |
| 11 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 water | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ran | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 ran | cc |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 ran | nsubj |
| 15 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ran | conj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 ran | cc |
| 17 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 ran | conj |
| 18 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 20 came | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 came | nsubj |
| 20 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 ran | ccomp |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 land | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 land | det |
| 23 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 land | amod |
| 24 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 came | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 saw | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 saw | cc |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 land | case |
| 28 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 land | det |
| 29 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 saw | obl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 hare | det |
| 31 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 saw | nsubj |
| 32 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ran | conj |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 spring | det |
| 34 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 saw | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 close | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 close | cc |
| 37 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ran | parataxis |
| 38 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 41 grew | mark |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 spring | det |
| 40 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 grew | nsubj |
| 41 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 close | advcl |
| 42 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 tree | det |
| 43 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 tree | compound |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 apple | punct |
| 45 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 grew | obj |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 apples | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 apples | det |
| 48 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 tree | nmod |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 youth | case |
| 50 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 apples | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 guarded | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 guarded | cc |
| 53 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 54 spring | det |
| 54 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 guarded | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 tree | cc |
| 56 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 59 tree | det |
| 57 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 tree | compound |
| 58 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 57 apple | punct |
| 59 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 spring | conj |
| 60 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 guarded | aux:pass |
| 61 | guarded | guard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ran | conj |
| 62 | by | by | ADP | _ | 64 Muscovite | case |
| 63 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 64 Muscovite | det |
| 64 | Muscovite | Muscovite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 guarded | obl:agent |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 oh | punct |
| 66 | oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 64 Muscovite | discourse |
| 67 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 69 strong | punct |
| 68 | so | so | ADV | _ | 69 strong | advmod |
| 69 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ran | parataxis |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 strong | punct |
| 71 | so | so | ADV | _ | 72 strong | advmod |
| 72 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 strong | conj |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 waved | punct |
| 74 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 76 waved | cc |
| 75 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 76 waved | nsubj |
| 76 | waved | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ran | conj |
| 77 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 78 sabre | nmod:poss |
| 78 | sabre | sabre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 waved | obj |
| 79 | again | again | ADV | _ | 76 waved | advmod |
| 80 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 81 again | cc |
| 81 | again | again | ADV | _ | 79 again | conj |
| 82 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 89 make | mark |
| 83 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 89 make | mark |
| 84 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 85 even | advmod |
| 85 | even | even | ADV | _ | 87 mouse | advmod |
| 86 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 87 mouse | det |
| 87 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 make | nsubj |
| 88 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 89 make | aux |
| 89 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 76 waved | advcl |
| 90 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 91 way | nmod:poss |
| 91 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 make | obj |
| 92 | up | up | ADV | _ | 89 make | advmod |
| 93 | to | to | ADP | _ | 94 that | case |
| 94 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 92 up | obl |
| 95 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 92 up | fixed |
| 96 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the hare | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | fetch | to-infinitive | the hare not said here | this water and this apple | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ||||
| 3 | run | past | hare | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | run | past | hare not said here | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | come | past | hare | a certain land | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | see | past | the hare | this land | spring | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 7 | grow | past | the spring | a apple tree | with the apples of youth | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tree=Patient with apple=Instrument | |||
| 8 | guard | past · passive | a Muscovite | this spring and this apple tree | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | ||||
| 9 | wave | past | hare | hare's sabre | again | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sabre=Patient | |||
| 10 | make | could | a mouse | water's way | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Product |
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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