Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4, sentence 94
[44] When Peter saw that his father had disappeared and left no trace behind, he took the matter greatly to heart for a time, he wept for awhile, he had a service performed for the repose of his father's soul, and he began to act as head of the family.
Who acts: Peter, father, way, soul · What happens: see, disappear, leave, take, weep, have · To what, where: 44, trace, matter, service
This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, father, way, soul), 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 44 | punct |
| 2 | 44 | 44 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 saw | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 44 | punct |
| 4 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 saw | advmod |
| 5 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 disappeared | mark |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 father | nmod:poss |
| 9 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 disappeared | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 disappeared | aux |
| 11 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 saw | advcl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 left | cc |
| 13 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 trace | det |
| 15 | trace | trace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 left | obj |
| 16 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 13 left | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 took | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 took | nsubj |
| 19 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 matter | det |
| 21 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 took | obj |
| 22 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 19 took | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 heart | mark |
| 24 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 took | advcl |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 time | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 time | det |
| 27 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 took | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 wept | punct |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 wept | nsubj |
| 30 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 awhile | case |
| 32 | awhile | awhile | ADV | _ | 30 wept | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 had | punct |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 had | nsubj |
| 35 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 service | det |
| 37 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 had | obj |
| 38 | performed | perform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 service | acl |
| 39 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 repose | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 repose | det |
| 41 | repose | repose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 performed | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 soul | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 father | nmod:poss |
| 44 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 soul | nmod:poss |
| 45 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 44 father | case |
| 46 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 repose | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 began | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 began | cc |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 began | nsubj |
| 50 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 act | mark |
| 52 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 began | xcomp |
| 53 | as | as | ADP | _ | 54 head | case |
| 54 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 act | obl |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 family | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 family | det |
| 57 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 head | nmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Peter | 44 | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | disappear | past · perfect | way's father | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | leave | past | Peter not said here | no trace | behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trace=Theme | |||
| 4 | take | past | way | the matter | time | greatly property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Theme | ||
| 5 | weep | past | way | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | have | past | way | a service | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Patient | ||||
| 7 | perform | participle | a service not said here | for the repose of way's father's soul | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for repose=Beneficiary | ||||
| 8 | begin | past | way | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 9 | act | to-infinitive | way not said here | as head of the family | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as head=Attribute | ||||
| 10 | repose | way's father's soul | nom repose «act intransitive»: of=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: «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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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