Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, sentence 193
Well," said Nastasia, "thou hast got the feather of the Bird Zhar, thou hast got the Bird Zhar itself, thou hast got me my coral, get me now from the sea my herd of wild horses!"--Then Tremsin was sore distressed, and went to his faithful steed and wept bitterly, and told him all about it. "
Who acts: thou, Nastasia, Tremsin · What happens: say, have, get, be, distress, go · To what, where: Nastasia, feather, Bird Zhar, coral, me, herd · 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 (thou, Nastasia, Tremsin), 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 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Well | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Well | punct |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Nastasia | Nastasia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 got | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hast | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 hast | punct |
| 8 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 hast | nsubj |
| 9 | hast | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Nastasia | acl:relcl |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 feather | det |
| 12 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Zhar | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Zhar | det |
| 15 | Bird | Bird | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Zhar | compound |
| 16 | Zhar | Zhar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 feather | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 hast | punct |
| 18 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 19 hast | nsubj |
| 19 | hast | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | parataxis |
| 20 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 hast | ccomp |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Zhar | det |
| 22 | Bird | Bird | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Zhar | compound |
| 23 | Zhar | Zhar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 got | obj |
| 24 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 23 Zhar | nmod:unmarked |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 hast | punct |
| 26 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 27 hast | nsubj |
| 27 | hast | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 hast | conj |
| 28 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 29 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 got | obj |
| 30 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 coral | nmod:poss |
| 31 | coral | coral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 got | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 get | punct |
| 33 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 34 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 get | obj |
| 35 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 33 get | advmod |
| 36 | from | from | ADP | _ | 38 sea | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 sea | det |
| 38 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 now | obl |
| 39 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 herd | nmod:poss |
| 40 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 get | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 horses | case |
| 42 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 horses | amod |
| 43 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 herd | nmod |
| 44 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 33 get | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 get | punct |
| 46 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 50 sore | punct |
| 47 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 50 sore | advmod |
| 48 | Tremsin | Tremsin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 sore | nsubj |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 sore | cop |
| 50 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | conj |
| 51 | distressed | distress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 sore | xcomp |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 went | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 went | cc |
| 54 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | parataxis |
| 55 | to | to | ADP | _ | 58 steed | case |
| 56 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 steed | nmod:poss |
| 57 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 steed | amod |
| 58 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 went | obl |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 wept | cc |
| 60 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 went | conj |
| 61 | bitterly | bitterly | ADV | _ | 60 wept | advmod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 told | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 told | cc |
| 64 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 65 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 told | iobj |
| 66 | all | all | ADV | _ | 68 it | advmod |
| 67 | about | about | ADP | _ | 68 it | case |
| 68 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 told | obl |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 70 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | have | present | thou | Nastasia not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nastasia=Patient | ||||
| 3 | get | past | Nastasia | the feather of the Bird Zhar | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feather=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | have | present | thou | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | get | past | thou not said here | the Bird Zhar feather | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer zhar=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | have | present | thou | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | get | past | my coral | me | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary coral=Theme | ||||
| 8 | get | infinitive | my herd of wild horses | me | now | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary herd=Theme | |||
| 9 | is in a quote | past | Tremsin | then | sore property | tree rules | |||
| 10 | distress in a quote | participle | Tremsin not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 11 | go in a quote | past | SEA's faithful steed | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to steed=Initial_Location | |||||
| 12 | weep in a quote | past | bitterly property | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 13 | tell speech: assert in a quote | past | steed | about coral | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about it=Topic |
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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