Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, sentence 167

Then the nobleman again sent for Tremsin and said to him, "Look now! thou didst get for me the Bird Zhar, see that thou now also gettest for me the thrice-lovely Nastasia of the sea."--"But I cannot, sir!" said Tremsin.--"Answer me not so!" replied the nobleman, "for so sure as I've a sword, I'll slice thy head off like a gourd an thou bring her not."--Then Tremsin went out to his horse and fell a-weeping.--"Wherefore dost thou weep?" asked the faithful steed.--"Wherefore should I not weep?" he replied. "

Who acts: nobleman, thou, Tremsin, slice, faithful steed, servants · What happens: send, say, look, do, get, see · To what, where: nobleman, Bird Zhar, that, lovely Nastasia, Tremsin, ZHAR · 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, thou, Tremsin, slice), 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	5 sent	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nobleman	det
3	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	nsubj
4	again	again	ADV	_	5 sent	advmod
5	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 sure	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 Tremsin	case
7	Tremsin	Tremsin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sent	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Look	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 Look	punct
14	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 said	parataxis
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 Look	advmod
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 didst	punct
17	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	18 didst	nsubj
18	didst	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 Look	conj
19	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 didst	ccomp
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 me	case
21	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 get	obl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Zhar	det
23	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Zhar	compound
24	Zhar	Zhar	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 get	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 see	punct
26	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 get	conj
27	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 see	obj
28	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	26 see	obj
29	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	31 gettest	advmod
30	also	also	ADV	_	31 gettest	advmod
31	gettest	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 see	advcl
32	for	for	ADP	_	33 me	case
33	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 gettest	obl
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 Nastasia	det
35	thrice	thrice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 lovely	amod
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	35 thrice	punct
37	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 Nastasia	amod
38	Nastasia	Nastasia	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 gettest	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 sea	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 sea	det
41	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 Nastasia	nmod
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sent	punct
43	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sent	punct
44	--	--	PUNCT	_	54 said	punct
45	"	"	PUNCT	_	48 can	punct
46	But	but	CCONJ	_	48 can	cc
47	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 can	nsubj
48	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	54 said	ccomp
49	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	48 can	advmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 sir	punct
51	sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 can	vocative
52	!	!	PUNCT	_	48 can	punct
53	"	"	PUNCT	_	48 can	punct
54	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sent	conj
55	Tremsin	Tremsin	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 said	obj
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	55 Tremsin	punct
57	--	--	PUNCT	_	59 Answer	punct
58	"	"	PUNCT	_	59 Answer	punct
59	Answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	54 said	parataxis
60	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	59 Answer	obj
61	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	59 Answer	advmod
62	so	so	ADV	_	59 Answer	advmod
63	!	!	PUNCT	_	59 Answer	punct
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	59 Answer	punct
65	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sent	conj
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 nobleman	det
67	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 replied	obj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sent	punct
69	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sent	punct
70	for	for	ADP	_	72 sure	case
71	so	so	ADV	_	72 sure	advmod
72	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
73	as	as	SCONJ	_	75 've	mark
74	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	75 've	nsubj
75	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	81 slice	advcl
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 sword	det
77	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 've	obj
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 've	punct
79	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	81 slice	nsubj
80	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	81 slice	aux
81	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 bring	nsubj
82	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	83 head	nmod:poss
83	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 slice	nsubj
84	off	off	ADP	_	81 slice	compound:prt
85	like	like	ADP	_	87 gourd	case
86	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	87 gourd	det
87	gourd	gourd	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 slice	nmod
88	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 thou	det
89	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	87 gourd	conj
90	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 sure	ccomp
91	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	90 bring	obj
92	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	90 bring	advmod
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	90 bring	punct
94	"	"	PUNCT	_	90 bring	punct
95	--	--	PUNCT	_	98 went	punct
96	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	98 went	advmod
97	Tremsin	Tremsin	PROPN	Number=Sing	98 went	nsubj
98	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	90 bring	parataxis
99	out	out	ADV	_	98 went	advmod
100	to	to	ADP	_	102 horse	case
101	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	102 horse	nmod:poss
102	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 went	obl
103	and	and	CCONJ	_	104 fell	cc
104	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	98 went	conj
105	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	107 weeping	det
106	-	-	PUNCT	_	105 a	punct
107	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 fell	obj
108	.	.	PUNCT	_	90 bring	punct
109	--	--	PUNCT	_	112 dost	punct
110	"	"	PUNCT	_	112 dost	punct
111	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	PronType=Int	112 dost	advmod
112	dost	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	90 bring	parataxis
113	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	112 dost	obj
114	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	112 dost	xcomp
115	?	?	PUNCT	_	114 weep	punct
116	"	"	PUNCT	_	112 dost	punct
117	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	90 bring	conj
118	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	120 steed	det
119	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	120 steed	amod
120	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	117 asked	obj
121	.	.	PUNCT	_	90 bring	punct
122	--	--	PUNCT	_	128 weep	punct
123	"	"	PUNCT	_	128 weep	punct
124	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	PronType=Int	128 weep	advmod
125	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	128 weep	aux
126	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	128 weep	nsubj
127	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	128 weep	advmod
128	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	90 bring	conj
129	?	?	PUNCT	_	72 sure	punct
130	"	"	PUNCT	_	72 sure	punct
131	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	132 replied	nsubj
132	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 sure	parataxis
133	.	.	PUNCT	_	72 sure	punct
134	"	"	PUNCT	_	72 sure	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the nobleman			then; again	for Tremsin	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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	look in a quote	infinitive				now		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	do in a quote	past	thou					tree rules
5	get in a quote	infinitive	thou not said here	the Bird Zhar			for the nobleman = nobleman	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent zhar=Theme for i=Beneficiary
6	see in a quote	infinitive	thou not said here	that				tree rules
7	get in a quote	present	thou not said here	the lovely Nastasia of the sea		now	for the nobleman = nobleman	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for i=Beneficiary
8	say speech: express	past	Tremsin					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	not answer speech: assert in a quote	infinitive			Tremsin			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality
10	reply speech: assert	past	the nobleman					vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	slice off in a quote	future	the nobleman = nobleman				like a gourd	tree rules
12	not bring in a quote	infinitive	slice	ZHAR				tree rules
13	go out	past	Tremsin			then	to nobleman's horse; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
14	fall	past	Tremsin not said here	a weeping				vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient weeping=Result
15	do in a quote	present		thou			wherefore property	tree rules
16	weep in a quote	infinitive						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
17	ask speech: ask	past	the faithful steed					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
18	not weep in a quote	should	servants = servant				wherefore property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
19	reply speech: assert	past	nobleman					vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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