Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Serpent-wife, sentence 49
Then he kissed the Serpent for the last time, and she said to him, "What dost thou feel now?"--"Now," said he, "I know all that is going on under the earth."--"Go now," said she, "to the Tsar, and he will give thee his daughter for the knowledge thou hast.
Who acts: Serpent, wife, thou, that · What happens: kiss, say, feel, know, go on, go · To what, where: Serpent, earth, daughter, knowledge · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Serpent-wife. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Serpent, wife, thou, that), 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 kissed | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 kissed | nsubj |
| 3 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 said | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Serpent | det |
| 5 | Serpent | Serpent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 kissed | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kissed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 said | cc |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 said | nsubj |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 kissed | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 said | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 feel | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 feel | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 feel | obj |
| 19 | dost | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 feel | aux |
| 20 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 21 feel | nsubj |
| 21 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | ccomp |
| 22 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 feel | advmod |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 21 feel | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 feel | punct |
| 25 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 27 Now | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 Now | punct |
| 27 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 said | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Now | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 kissed | punct |
| 30 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 said | nsubj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 know | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 know | punct |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 know | nsubj |
| 35 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 said | ccomp |
| 36 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 going | advmod |
| 37 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 going | nsubj |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 going | aux |
| 39 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 know | ccomp |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 39 going | compound:prt |
| 41 | under | under | ADP | _ | 43 earth | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 earth | det |
| 43 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 going | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 39 going | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 know | punct |
| 46 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 48 Go | punct |
| 47 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 Go | punct |
| 48 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 30 said | ccomp |
| 49 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 48 Go | advmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 Go | punct |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 Go | punct |
| 52 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 said | conj |
| 53 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 said | nsubj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 Tsar | punct |
| 55 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 Tsar | punct |
| 56 | to | to | ADP | _ | 58 Tsar | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Tsar | det |
| 58 | Tsar | Tsar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 said | ccomp |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 give | punct |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 give | cc |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 give | nsubj |
| 62 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 give | aux |
| 63 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 said | ccomp |
| 64 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 63 give | iobj |
| 65 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 66 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 66 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 give | iobj |
| 67 | for | for | ADP | _ | 69 knowledge | case |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 knowledge | det |
| 69 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 give | obl |
| 70 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 71 hast | nsubj |
| 71 | hast | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 69 knowledge | acl:relcl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | past | Serpent | the Serpent | then; time | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | say speech: ask | past | wife | Serpent | now | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | feel in a quote | present · do-support | thou | now | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Serpent | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | know in a quote | present | Serpent | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | go on in a quote | present · progressive | that | the earth | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under earth=Location | ||||
| 7 | go in a quote | infinitive | now | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | past | wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | give in a quote | future | Serpent | Serpent's daughter | for the knowledge | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient daughter=Theme for knowledge=Asset | |||
| 10 | have in a quote | present | thou | the knowledge not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient |
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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