Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, sentence 189

Then they went along by the sea, and the horse said to him, "Let me out to graze, and then keep watch till thou seest a crab come forth from the sea, and then say to him, 'I'll catch thee.'"--So Tremsin let his horse out to graze, and he himself stood by the sea-shore, and watched and watched till he saw a crab come swimming along.

Who acts: TREMSIN, horse, thou, crab · What happens: go along, say, let out, graze, keep, see · To what, where: SEA, horse, watch, crab, thee · 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 (TREMSIN, horse, thou, crab), 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	3 went	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	along	along	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 horse	det
11	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 Let	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 Let	punct
17	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 said	ccomp
18	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 Let	obj
19	out	out	ADP	_	17 Let	compound:prt
20	to	to	PART	_	21 graze	mark
21	graze	graze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 Let	xcomp
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 keep	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 keep	cc
24	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 keep	advmod
25	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 Let	conj
26	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 keep	obj
27	till	till	SCONJ	_	29 seest	mark
28	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	29 seest	nsubj
29	seest	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 come	advcl
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 crab	det
31	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 seest	obj
32	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 keep	advcl
33	forth	forth	ADV	_	32 come	advmod
34	from	from	ADP	_	36 sea	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 sea	det
36	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 come	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 say	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 say	cc
39	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	40 say	advmod
40	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	32 come	parataxis
41	to	to	ADP	_	42 him	case
42	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 say	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 catch	punct
44	'	'	PUNCT	_	47 catch	punct
45	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 catch	nsubj
46	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 catch	aux
47	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 say	ccomp
48	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	47 catch	obj
49	.	.	PUNCT	_	47 catch	punct
50	'	'	PUNCT	_	47 catch	punct
51	"	"	PUNCT	_	47 catch	punct
52	--	--	PUNCT	_	55 let	punct
53	So	so	ADV	_	55 let	advmod
54	Tremsin	Tremsin	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 let	nsubj
55	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 horse	nmod:poss
57	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 let	obj
58	out	out	ADP	_	55 let	compound:prt
59	to	to	PART	_	60 graze	mark
60	graze	graze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 let	advcl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 stood	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 stood	cc
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 stood	nsubj
64	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	63 he	nmod:unmarked
65	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 come	advcl
66	by	by	ADP	_	70 shore	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 shore	det
68	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 shore	compound
69	-	-	PUNCT	_	68 sea	punct
70	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 stood	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 watched	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 watched	cc
73	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 stood	parataxis
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 watched	cc
75	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	73 watched	conj
76	till	till	SCONJ	_	78 saw	mark
77	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 saw	nsubj
78	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 watched	ccomp
79	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	80 crab	det
80	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 saw	obj
81	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
82	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	81 come	xcomp
83	along	along	ADV	_	82 swimming	advmod
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go along	past	TREMSIN				then	by the sea; along property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sea=Location
2	say speech: assert	past	the horse		SEA				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	let out in a quote	infinitive		the horse = horse					tree rules
4	graze in a quote	to-infinitive	the horse = horse not said here						vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	keep in a quote	infinitive		watch			then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme
6	see in a quote	present	thou	a crab					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crab=Stimulus
7	come in a quote	present				the sea		forth property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sea=Initial_Location
8	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive			SEA		then		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic
9	catch in a quote	future	the horse = horse	thee					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme
10	let out	past	Tremsin	SEA's horse					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
11	graze	to-infinitive	Tremsin not said here						vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	stand	past	crab					by the sea shore	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by shore=Location
13	watch	past							vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
14	watch	past							tree rules
15	see	past	crab	a crab					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crab=Stimulus
16	come	present							tree rules
17	swim	gerund						along property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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