Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, sentence 158

Then the nobleman sent for Tremsin and said to him, "O Tremsin! my henchmen say that thou canst get the Bird Zhar if thou dost choose."--"Nay, but I cannot," replied Tremsin.--"Answer me not," said the nobleman, "for so sure as I've a sword, I'll slice thy head off like a gourd."--Then Tremsin fell a-weeping and went away to his horse. "

Who acts: nobleman, Tremsin, thou, Bird Zhar · What happens: send, say, get, do, choose, reply · To what, where: nobleman, Bird Zhar, fellow, weeping · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Vampire and St Michael. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nobleman, Tremsin, thou, Bird Zhar), 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	4 sent	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nobleman	det
3	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 said	advcl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 Tremsin	case
6	Tremsin	Tremsin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Tremsin	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 Tremsin	punct
13	O	o	INTJ	_	14 Tremsin	discourse
14	Tremsin	Tremsin	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 say	nsubj
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 Tremsin	punct
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 henchmen	nmod:poss
17	henchmen	henchman	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 say	nsubj
18	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 said	parataxis
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 get	mark
20	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	22 get	nsubj
21	canst	can	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	22 get	aux
22	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 say	ccomp
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Zhar	det
24	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Zhar	compound
25	Zhar	Zhar	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 get	obj
26	if	if	SCONJ	_	28 dost	mark
27	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	28 dost	nsubj
28	dost	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 get	advcl
29	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 get	xcomp
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
31	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct
32	--	--	PUNCT	_	34 Nay	punct
33	"	"	PUNCT	_	34 Nay	punct
34	Nay	nay	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 replied	punct
36	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 replied	cc
37	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 can	nsubj
38	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 replied	parataxis
39	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	38 can	advmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 can	punct
41	"	"	PUNCT	_	38 can	punct
42	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	parataxis
43	Tremsin	Tremsin	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 replied	nsubj
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct
45	--	--	PUNCT	_	47 Answer	punct
46	"	"	PUNCT	_	47 Answer	punct
47	Answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	parataxis
48	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 Answer	obj
49	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	47 Answer	advmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 Answer	punct
51	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct
52	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 nobleman	det
54	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 said	obj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 nobleman	punct
56	"	"	PUNCT	_	54 nobleman	punct
57	for	for	ADP	_	59 sure	case
58	so	so	ADV	_	59 sure	advmod
59	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 said	obl
60	as	as	SCONJ	_	62 've	mark
61	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 've	nsubj
62	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 slice	advcl
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 sword	det
64	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 've	obj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 've	punct
66	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	68 slice	nsubj
67	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 slice	aux
68	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 sure	ccomp
69	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	70 head	nmod:poss
70	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 slice	nsubj
71	off	off	ADP	_	68 slice	compound:prt
72	like	like	ADP	_	74 gourd	case
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 gourd	det
74	gourd	gourd	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 slice	nmod
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	59 sure	punct
76	"	"	PUNCT	_	59 sure	punct
77	--	--	PUNCT	_	80 fell	punct
78	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	80 fell	advmod
79	Tremsin	Tremsin	PROPN	Number=Sing	80 fell	nsubj
80	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 said	parataxis
81	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 weeping	det
82	-	-	PUNCT	_	81 a	punct
83	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 fell	obj
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 went	cc
85	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 fell	conj
86	away	away	ADV	_	85 went	advmod
87	to	to	ADP	_	89 horse	case
88	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	89 horse	nmod:poss
89	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 went	obl
90	.	.	PUNCT	_	52 said	punct
91	"	"	PUNCT	_	52 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the nobleman			then	for Tremsin	tree rules
2	say speech: express	past	the nobleman not said here		nobleman			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Tremsin					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	get in a quote	can	thou	the Bird Zhar				tree rules
5	do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	thou					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	choose in a quote	infinitive	the Bird Zhar not said here					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	reply speech: assert	past	Tremsin					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	not answer speech: assert in a quote	infinitive			fellow			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality
9	say speech: assert	past	the nobleman				for sure	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
10	slice off in a quote	future	the nobleman = nobleman				like a gourd	tree rules
11	fall	past	Tremsin	a weeping		then		vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient weeping=Result
12	go away	past	Tremsin not said here				to nobleman's horse; away property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to horse=Initial_Location

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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